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Daily Ab Work? - 11/4/2008 9:31:46 AM
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HomeSpunLady
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I was once told that the abdominal muscles could be exercised everyday because they are such a large muscle group and already a strong muscle group. Is that true? How often can I exercise my abs?
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RE: Daily Ab Work? - 11/4/2008 9:32:43 AM
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Miss Giggles
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I don't exercise them every day.
2-3 or times a week.
Running works your abs too.
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RE: Daily Ab Work? - 11/4/2008 1:34:20 PM
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Konstantinos
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try it and see for yourself. if you stall quickly or overtrain then you should do less
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RE: Daily Ab Work? - 11/4/2008 3:06:45 PM
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I do a 20 min Pilates work out that's designed specifically to target the abs and I have hard rock abs, lol. But I still look feminine. I do it 3 times a week. It works well. But then, every thing I do, I make sure I get the proper form right, whether it's running, cycling, weight training, so that it works the abs as well.
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RE: Daily Ab Work? - 11/5/2008 10:08:10 AM
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Psalms274
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ORIGINAL: HomeSpunLady
I was once told that the abdominal muscles could be exercised everyday because they are such a large muscle group and already a strong muscle group. Is that true? How often can I exercise my abs?
Three times a week works well. It is very important that you exercise your back (especially the erector spinae which supports your spine) whenever you work on your abs. (Otherwise the abs become stronger than the back which will cause back problems due to the imbalance.) A good pilates will typically take you through both the back and ab muscles. If you would just like to do them on your own you can do the following:
Slow crunches ... if you are a beginner, simple do the following:
Lie on your back, and bend your knees so that your feet are comfortably flat on the floor.
Place your hands either behind your neck or crossed in front of you.
Curl up slowly .. lifting your head, then your shoulders up off the ground. Do not jerk it upward in a fast motion. Once your shoulders have cleared the floor, hold that position for at least a second .. you can work up to 3 to 5 seconds, then curl slowly down again to the original position. Work up to 25 of these. These are great on an exercise ball if you have one.
To change this one up, you can circle to the right, and then circle to the left. A lot of people do a whole bunch of different type of sit ups thinking they are working different muscles with that variety. The truth is, a simple sit up uses all of the ab muscles to some degree.
A great way to target you back muscles is by doing both regular planks and side planks. This site (I can't get the link to work so I will give you the address ... http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/exercise_demos.asp?exercise_type=core) has a lot of great demonstrations ... scroll down and look at the modified plank, modified side plank, and swimmers. Those three combined with 2 sets of sit ups (any way you like them) will give you all you need, and it should take about 10 to 15 minutes.
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