How often should I work on my abs do to develop a six pack?
August 25th, 2010 | 
Author: I wanna know how many times a day and how many times a week should I do abdominal exercises. And also I wanna know what food helps to maintain it. I wanna try to get a six pack by the new year.
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a 6 pack is a really hard thing to get.i think to get a 6 pack u probably need to do a lot of sit ups, 50to 60 a day, if u cant do it, u need to push ur self more and more every day. you need to lift weights daily and do a lot of weight lifting exercise which involves ur chest and stomach muscles to stretch. i think if u are really fat you need to gain a Little bit of height ,so ur body can balance ur weight. than you can include eating 5 fruits a day and 2 cups of pure milk every day. i believe if u keep all this stuff in mind u will defiantly have a 6 pack till the new year.
Every other day. And make sure you stretch your core to keep the muscles long and toned, eat protein.
If you want one by the new year, probably at least 4 times a week. You should also do 30 min to an hour of cardio 3-4 times a week, that way you burn off fat and building muscle, especially in the abdominal area is a lot easier.
Every other day. Muscle fiber takes time to regrow. Each time you work out, you tear some fibers. If you work the same muscle group daily you’re not allowing for complete repair which means you won’t see results as quickly.
The old saying is that great abs start in the kitchen. The best thing to do is make sure your diet is good. Outside that, like any exercise, a good routine is important. Be sure to give your muscles time to recover after each exercise and make sure you change it up, "shocking" your muscles with a change in exercise can also help you with your results.
do sit ups/ crunches
everyday for about 10 min
like a 10min workout!
Work on your abs everyday or as much as they can stand without hurting all of the time.
THe core muscles are used everyday all of the time, except when sleeping. They help you stand, walk, run, lift, turn, bend, and just about everything else. Because of all this movement, the core muscles are used to working alot and are built to withstand heavy workloads. Working them out everyday will help to strengthen them. It will also help you as far as performing everyday activities. I would advise that if you are one of the types of people that simply do not exercise or stay active, then you gradually ease into a daily core routine. If you notice that the muscles are cramping or are excessively tight, then focus more on stretching them until they get loose again. Do not overdue as tearing them would be very painful and would not allow you to be able to do anything for a while.
"how often" and "how long" you should train your abs, you should concentrate more on quality, instead of quantity. Effective ab training is where it’s at, not so much "how often" and "how long". If you train your abs on a Monday, and they get sore, I mean really sore, then there is absolutely no possible way that you can train them again on Wednesday. And if you did, your abs won’t get any more cut or developed because you are not allowing enough time for the muscle to recover properly.
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6 pack abs are defined by the amount of body fat you have. Even a person with the best develped abs in the world but with a relatively high amount of body fat (15%) won’t have a six pack. Most people start seeing their abs at around 10-11% body fat and they really see them pop at around 7%. So, your priority should be to lower your body fat, then to strengthen your abs. Also, the type of muscle in your abs doesn’t allow for much hypertrophy so the abs grow, but they rarely grow a lot. This doesn’t mean that it isn’t important to have strong abs, so I would suggest training them two times with at least two days of rest between the workouts to allow for recover. If you need any more advice PM me.
Alright i would say 100 sit-ups daily, eat healthy, organic and all that. Also do about an 2-3 hours of cardio daily. I do this as well as football and i have and have maintained a six pack for about two years.
Abs are made in the kitchen. Diet is responsible for about 80% of the fat loss results you will see. As such, I advise a diet focusing on unprocessed foods: meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and fruit and starchy tubers/squashes as your activity levels demand. Grains should be used sparingly. Choosing foods from these broad categories will ensure that you meet your protein, fat, and carbohydrate needs, while shedding the fat that is covering your abs.
As for exercises for your abs, I say ditch the direct abdominal work and focus on working the body in functional ways. Crunches and situps work the upper body through a range of motion that it’s rarely put in. The abs actually work more as stabilizers of the upper body, allowing force to be transmitted from the ground, through the hips, to the upper body, and vice versa.
Here are the exercises I pick to build your abs to be both strong and sexy:
- Overhead squat
- Deadlift
- Plank
- L-sit
- Reverse Hyper – This is actually a lower back exercise, but the core consists of more than just the abs and making sure the lower back is strong is VERY important.
Of course, you’ll probably need to work up to being able to do an L-sit and should have a trainer make sure you are deadlifting and squatting properly. But trust me that these exercises combined with a solid whole foods diet will give you abs that pop while also making you a beast on the field, court, or track.
I wrote an article some time ago that described in more detail why I choose these exercises to work the core muscles. You can read it here: http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/07/08/five-exercises-for-strong-abs-and-lower-back/
Hope this helps
Scott