Best Ab Routine

[monty2589]

I need a great ab routine. What is your alls best ab routine and has it done wonders for your abs? I don't have to worry about cardio or anything like that cause I do sprints everyday. I just need a great ab routine that will help me to get my abs ripped.

 

[ZGzaZ]

getting ripped is all diet, you can do 1,000 crunches every day, eat over your maintenance and still have no visible abs. So if you want abs, work on lowering your body fat percentage.

 

[monty2589]

getting ripped is all diet, you can do 1,000 crunches every day, eat over your maintenance and still have no visible abs. So if you want abs, work on lowering your body fat percentage.

Well to tell you the truth my body fat is pretty low. I mean I'm a cross country runner so it has to be. I just need a good routine that worked really well for someone. My abs are showing so I just need something to get them built up more. Also what is 5x5? That is the first time I've ever seen and I have no idea what it is.

 

[Svetislav_aka_Waczlaff]

"ab-routine" haha - concentrate on the mainlifts like deadlifting and fullsquats.. after you training you can peak your abs with hanging pikes

 

[silver_shadow]

abs are made in the kitchen. there are SHW powerlifters who have MUCH stronger abs than any underwear model who would have done 1000+ crunches on the ab king pro. 'cept you probably won't see the PLs abs because they'll be covered over with fat due to his diet. the model on the other hand thinks his 1000+ crunches are what made his abs, when the truth is that his calorie intake was just that low - he didn't really need ANY ab exercises.

 

[BiggT]

Believe it or not, despite being thin and light, most distance runners have alarmingly high bodyfat %'s as running is a catabolic activity.

That said, 'ripped abs' are made in the kitchen.

Functional training like squats and pulls and standing overhead work will develop abdominal/core strength and feel free to toss in a few sets of full-range situps once or twice a week......there is no magic too it though.

 

[kiosk]

Front Squats.....man they hit my abs hard....I guess because it forces you into straight up position

 

[petpre61]

Front Squats.....man they hit my abs hard....I guess because it forces you into straight up position

after power cleans and frontsquats my abs are really sore the next day

 

[neoguri]

i work abs 2x a week. weighted decline situps on one day and alternating decline situps another day, but as everyone else above has said, u can build strong abs but they will only show if ur bodyfat % is low enough. train as usual with a slight calorie deficit to retain as much muscle mass as possible while losing fat.

 

[Cynical Simian]

If you don't get the point that visible abs are mostly a matter of bodyfat by now, my repeating it probably wouldn't help. So all I have to add is pretty much what's in the previous post: do weighted sit-ups or static holds on a decline bench if you want some direct ab work.

 

[nodiggitydave]

get on a decline bench, go up and down very slow, put your hands in the air as apposed to on on your forehead - works wonders, other than that get your bodyfat down and your sorted.