Reps question and muscle group

[FelixJones]

ok this topic frustrates the absolute shit out of me because i have no real quality answer on it.


Whenever i see someone doing abs at the gym they are doing around 50 - 100 reps per set.
Now when i see them doing bench press i dont see them doing 50 - 100. so whats the difference. If you want to build good abs you need to fail at either the 3 - 6 strength range or the 8 - 12 hypertrophy range right? which ever is your goal at the time.


all that i can see 50 doing is giving you the ability to sit up and lay back down 50 times very easily. muscular endurance.


whenever i run this by people they stare at me blankly like im from another planet.


what are your thoughts?

[P0N]

They're doing the wrong workouts for abs is why. Heavy squats, deadlifts, and such will build big vlocky abs

[stevesmi]

well i agree with what you guys are saying but let me approach it a bit different

your abs can be pounded much harder than the muscles and joints associated with the bench press. example is you can easily overtrain your pecs and shoulders doing a lot of bench pressing which will lead to overuse injuries. you aren't going to injure yourself doing abs unless you are doing them with heavy weights or something

[SteveMobsterG]

ok this topic frustrates the absolute shit out of me because i have no real quality answer on it.


Whenever i see someone doing abs at the gym they are doing around 50 - 100 reps per set.
Now when i see them doing bench press i dont see them doing 50 - 100. so whats the difference. If you want to build good abs you need to fail at either the 3 - 6 strength range or the 8 - 12 hypertrophy range right? which ever is your goal at the time.


all that i can see 50 doing is giving you the ability to sit up and lay back down 50 times very easily. muscular endurance.


whenever i run this by people they stare at me blankly like im from another planet.


what are your thoughts?

Because they didn't look at the science.

[RickRock13]

Who the hell is doing 50 to 100 reps per set on abs?

[cbbram]

The only person I pay attention to at the gym is me and the women wearing the tight leggings.