Abs...more questions

[Cool The Kid]

How many sets/how much weight is good to do? I used to do 4 sets of 25 with a 25# plate and that did nothing for me, so I quit abs for a month. I did 4 sets of 15 yesterday with 35# of weight and I think it works better. How can you figure out how much weight to use and how many reps to do?

[clsmooth217]

How many sets/how much weight is good to do? I used to do 4 sets of 25 with a 25# plate and that did nothing for me, so I quit abs for a month. I did 4 sets of 15 yesterday with 35# of weight and I think it works better. How can you figure out how much weight to use and how many reps to do?

4 sets of 25 crunches
4 sets of 15 hanging leg raises
4 sets of 25 bicycle crunches

is what i do.plus you diet has to be real clean in order to shed fat to actually see the abs.its a long process but its achieveable.

[gotti capone]

it's your diet for the most part. esp in men. i was reading in a male fitness mag a couple days ago it was talkin' about where fat goes in the body. and in men it mostly goes to the stomach and in women it goes to the glutes the most. so just watch your calorie intake.

[Seven One Three]

4 sets of 25 crunches
4 sets of 15 hanging leg raises
4 sets of 25 bicycle crunches
is what i do.plus you diet has to be real clean in order to shed fat to actually see the abs.its a long process but its achieveable.
only 100 crunches? :laugh:

Mike Tyson used to do 2000, in his prime.

Step ya game up :thumbsdow

[Danny Banton]

only 100 crunches? :laugh:
Mike Tyson used to do 2000, in his prime.
Step ya game up :thumbsdow

Mike Tyson was getting Punched in his stomach.

[I_Spits_Da_Truth]

only 100 crunches? :laugh:
Mike Tyson used to do 2000, in his prime.
Step ya game up :thumbsdow

Not so, it's a common misconception that doing high reps for ab exercises is what gets results.......it usually comes from people who don't really know any better/don't get results. Me, personally, I do a total of 200 of 3 ab exercises 2-3 times/week (50 reps for each exercise) and I likely have the most defined abs here even at 211lbs. Quality is the key....not quantity. And as previously stated in this thread, how/what you eat is arguably 80% of the ab/midsection results and until the diet is in check, the person will always have mediocre ab game or no abs at all.

[I_Spits_Da_Truth]

damn edit button........i meant to say I do 3 ab exercises with 50 reps for two of them and 100 for the other