Light abs everyday while cutting up?

[starskulker]

Just wondering if it would be benificial to do some kind of light abs more often while cutting up? I never use weight while doing abs. Just crunches and roman chairs etc....I usually do them 3 times a week but could i kick it up to 5 days a week to keep them sharp? Would that be over doing it?

 

[mikefear]

overkill

 

[damnitmannn727]

overkill

yup

 

[heavy_duty]

Forget light. Go heavy then rest.

 

[ricorico]

i find hitting abs 3-4 times a week works best for me, ill do 2 exercises usually, and one of em is weighted...

 

[chefbone]

Dude...Doing 200 sit-ups in the morning 6 days a week is not overkill. That's a warm-up. If you are doing heavily weighted ab sets 3-5 times a week...that is overkill.

I hit abs everyday (sit-ups, crunches, supine bicycles), it's one of the few muscles you can hit everyday: might as well take advantage of it.

 

[Dieselicious]

Dude - what I do is rotate - one day top 4 abs ie crunches, rope pulldown. next day do obliques, next day bottom 4 abs ie leg raises. then start over..

Good luck brotha....

 

[mm107]

I do them Heavy, treat them like a REAL lift. Go heavy. Try it out see how it works, some respond well.

try going heavy 2-3 times a week. If that doesnt work, then everday light is not overkill

 

[DonCorleone562]

I do 150 crunches 3 times a week. Keeps my beer belly in check

 

[mm107]

I do 150 crunches 3 times a week. Keeps my beer belly in check

I think your genetics do that...

i wish i could have gotten away with drinking, but i cant.

bastard

lol

 

[Bruce]

genetics are huge, just ask makavelli, he barely does anything for them and they look unreal. but you can't overkill them imo. floyd mayweather does 500 push ups a day, everyday. roy jones did this as well. they both have some of the sickest most ripped abs ive seen, and great genetics,

 

[heavy_duty]

we're all different-----I dont want my abs to fail me when I'm doing compound movements. chins or pull downs to failure can/should leave you with "worked abs".

a good tricep workout can burn the abs too if you want it to.

 

[Kick-Ass Stack]

I'm hitting them hard 2x a week and light 3x a week. Maybe a little overkill but I got to the point where I couldn't get them sore. I knew I had to change something up.

Whatcha running for a cutter anyhow?

 

[frankmasterpiece]

i work my abs out 2 times a week and i go heavy ,i treat my abs like every other muscle...

 

[Pikaberdot]

I go very heavy 3-4 times a week with the abs.

I rotate weighted decline crunches, cable rope crunches while kneeling on a bench for a larger ROM, weighted hanging leg raises, weighted laying leg raises, a little of the ab machine.

 

[GoldenDelicious]

my abs sucked crap when i was doing multiple sets of light abs. not that theyre brilliant now, but in the space of 10 weeks of going heavy (i set up camp on the cable crossover and do a lot of cable crunches/oblique raises etc) theyve improved dramatically

 

[heavy_duty]

and why wouldt you.

i work my abs out 2 times a week and i go heavy ,i treat my abs like every other muscle...

 

[mrplunkey]

I've seen and heard about all sorts of crazy abs stuff, and almost nothing works for me.

For 2 (min) and 3 (absolute max) times a week, take an ez-curl bar. Put tens on each end. Get in a situp position with the bar held behind your neck and your feet secured under something. Now this part is important... elongate your body -- streatch out so your head is as far away from your feet as possible (don't ball-up like a crunch).

Do 8-10 reps, then add 5's or 10's to each side for each set. I'll typically do:

3 tens on each side for 10 reps
3 tens and 1 five on each side for 8reps
3 tens and 2 fives on each side for 6 reps

With your body elongated, you get maximum muscle work and it hits upper *and* lower abs. Just make sure you go all the way up and down, and when you are back on the floor, pre-streatch your abs before doing the next rep.

Works like a charm!