to the MMA guys (or anyone that wants to add .02)

[NWinters]

Abs......I hear of lots of fighters that train thier abs every day. Is that overtraining? How would you train your abs 1x 2x 3x a week?

 

[sweed]

heres a good one to train abs 6 days a week... got it from muscle and fitness

Day1- Upper abs Hard
Day2- Obliques light
Day 3- Lower abs hard
Day 4 -Upper abs light
Day5 -Obliques Hard
Day 6- Lower abs Light
day 7 rest.. its soulds like a lot but if u think about it , you use yr abs all the time for everyday things as well as stabilization during lifts.. so training a lot can be a good thing

its the same for calves , gotta train those hard and many times a week

 

[Debaser]

There's no such thing as "lower abs." I mean visually you can point out the lower 2, but there is no way to isolate them. You hit your abs as a unit. Most exercises that people think hit the lower abs really are hitting the hip flexors (like leg raises), which is still a good thing.

 

[sweed]

Well when i do such exercises as leg raises etc. i definetly feel it in my "lower abs" .. I just think about them and squeezed the hell out of them and get an insane burn

 

[NWinters]

There's no such thing as "lower abs." I mean visually you can point out the lower 2, but there is no way to isolate them. You hit your abs as a unit. Most exercises that people think hit the lower abs really are hitting the hip flexors (like leg raises), which is still a good thing.

whatever man....Stop posting in my threads unless you have answers to my questions.

 

[leatherface]

Na, I work abs directly twice a week, then indirectly with things like zerchers squats and deads. I don't believe working them anymore is needed at all. My abs are very strong, but I guess that can be partly because I was training them about 4 years before I started lifting hardcore .
Anyhow ya, I truely believe no more than 3 times a week is needed, under any circumstances.

 

[Debaser]

whatever man....Stop posting in my threads unless you have answers to my questions.

K.

I would train them twice a week, 2 hard sets of bent-legged situps.

 

[NWinters]

K.

I would train them twice a week, 2 hard sets of bent-legged situps.

thanx man.

 

[sconoscuito]

for bball I've had people recomend me do it twice a day and this is not comming from one person or just some joeshmoe, I think if you train them hard though, 4-5 times a week is enaugh

I guess its all for different purposes, but I'm not gonna argue about this cause you guys sure have a different opinion on this

P.S I cought a small part of this show on BET about a year ago and they were talking about usher and how he needs to maintain his body so he does 200 situps every night and some other stuff

I dont know though, maybe bodybuilding has a different purpose for abs or something but I was kinda shoked when I came here and people tell me its stupid doing abs more than twice, maybe cause you guys are hella concentrated on your diets

 

[Sebass67]

Doing situps won't give you abbs..honestly...i used to be a situp freak...i did them all the time..i could do like hundreds...bit trust me, i still had no abs. You just need to burn calories and stay lean,