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Hey Group!
First, I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my previous post ("Is this good for me?"). I appreciate the help. I'd like to ask you now to clarify something for me. I heard a while back, probably from a website, that your abdominals can be worked out on a daily basis. This seemed odd to me because I've always been told to, especially as a beginner, take a day off between workouts. I found this site that gave me a home workout routine I wanted to try. I was going to do it every other day (ie. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun, Tues, Thurs, Sat, repeat), but then I found another routine on the site that was designed for your abs only and I wondered if the "Ab Myth" i had heard was true. My bi-weekly schedule became this: Mon, Wed, Fri - Home Routine Tues, Thurs, Sat - Abs Routine, rest the rest Sun - No Routine, just rest I'm worried I might damage my abs or something with this new plan if the myth is false, especially since the Ab exercises account for 1/3 of those in the Home workout. My best friend is leaving for a month and I wanted to have a noticable difference by the time she gets back. Thanks Again, Jesse |
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The Kid wrote:
Hey Group! First, I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my previous post ("Is this good for me?"). I appreciate the help. I'd like to ask you now to clarify something for me. I heard a while back, probably from a website, that your abdominals can be worked out on a daily basis. This seemed odd to me because I've always been told to, especially as a beginner, take a day off between workouts. I found this site that gave me a home workout routine I wanted to try. I was going to do it every other day (ie. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun, Tues, Thurs, Sat, repeat), but then I found another routine on the site that was designed for your abs only and I wondered if the "Ab Myth" i had heard was true. My bi-weekly schedule became this: Mon, Wed, Fri - Home Routine Tues, Thurs, Sat - Abs Routine, rest the rest Sun - No Routine, just rest I'm worried I might damage my abs or something with this new plan if the myth is false, especially since the Ab exercises account for 1/3 of those in the Home workout. My best friend is leaving for a month and I wanted to have a noticable difference by the time she gets back. How often you should work out depends on how you workout. I, for example, train my entire body almost every day; because of the way I train and my goals, it works just fine - I train for strength gains only, not size, and I use short sets, long rests, and remain far from failure at all times. But for someone else, training every day could prevent them from making the kind of progress they're after. You must try different few things to find what works for you. We can generalize and say that, all other things being equal, one seems to be able to train smaller muscles more often than larger ones, e.g., I find I can press more often than I can deadlift or squat, but all other things are rarely equal. If you are looking for stronger abs, by all means train them every day; if you're looking to build up their size a bit as well, you might have more success by taking your final set to failure or nearly so and giving yourself a day of rest between workouts. -S- http://www.kbnj.com |
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The Kid wrote:
Hey Group! First, I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my previous post ("Is this good for me?"). I appreciate the help. I'd like to ask you now to clarify something for me. I heard a while back, probably from a website, that your abdominals can be worked out on a daily basis. This seemed odd to me because I've always been told to, especially as a beginner, take a day off between workouts. I found this site that gave me a home workout routine I wanted to try. I was going to do it every other day (ie. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun, Tues, Thurs, Sat, repeat), but then I found another routine on the site that was designed for your abs only and I wondered if the "Ab Myth" i had heard was true. My bi-weekly schedule became this: Mon, Wed, Fri - Home Routine Tues, Thurs, Sat - Abs Routine, rest the rest Sun - No Routine, just rest I'm worried I might damage my abs or something with this new plan if the myth is false, especially since the Ab exercises account for 1/3 of those in the Home workout. My best friend is leaving for a month and I wanted to have a noticable difference by the time she gets back. How often you should work out depends on how you workout. I, for example, train my entire body almost every day; because of the way I train and my goals, it works just fine - I train for strength gains only, not size, and I use short sets, long rests, and remain far from failure at all times. But for someone else, training every day could prevent them from making the kind of progress they're after. You must try different few things to find what works for you. We can generalize and say that, all other things being equal, one seems to be able to train smaller muscles more often than larger ones, e.g., I find I can press more often than I can deadlift or squat, but all other things are rarely equal. If you are looking for stronger abs, by all means train them every day; if you're looking to build up their size a bit as well, you might have more success by taking your final set to failure or nearly so and giving yourself a day of rest between workouts. -S- http://www.kbnj.com |
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![]() "The Kid" wrote in message ... Hey Group! First, I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my previous post ("Is this good for me?"). I appreciate the help. I'd like to ask you now to clarify something for me. I heard a while back, probably from a website, that your abdominals can be worked out on a daily basis. This seemed odd to me because I've always been told to, especially as a beginner, take a day off between workouts. I found this site that gave me a home workout routine I wanted to try. I was going to do it every other day (ie. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun, Tues, Thurs, Sat, repeat), but then I found another routine on the site that was designed for your abs only and I wondered if the "Ab Myth" i had heard was true. My bi-weekly schedule became this: Mon, Wed, Fri - Home Routine Tues, Thurs, Sat - Abs Routine, rest the rest Sun - No Routine, just rest I'm worried I might damage my abs or something with this new plan if the myth is false, especially since the Ab exercises account for 1/3 of those in the Home workout. My best friend is leaving for a month and I wanted to have a noticable difference by the time she gets back. Abs are a core muscle and are used all day, every day. This does not mean that they are being punished all day, every day. If your ab routine simply consists of ordinary crunches, I'd say go ahead and do them daily. If it involves weighted crunches or other punishing ab exercise, you would probably want to do that only 2 - 3 times a week, just to give your abs time to recover from the extra effort. Just my $0.02 |
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![]() "The Kid" wrote in message ... Hey Group! First, I'd like to thank everyone who replied to my previous post ("Is this good for me?"). I appreciate the help. I'd like to ask you now to clarify something for me. I heard a while back, probably from a website, that your abdominals can be worked out on a daily basis. This seemed odd to me because I've always been told to, especially as a beginner, take a day off between workouts. I found this site that gave me a home workout routine I wanted to try. I was going to do it every other day (ie. Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun, Tues, Thurs, Sat, repeat), but then I found another routine on the site that was designed for your abs only and I wondered if the "Ab Myth" i had heard was true. My bi-weekly schedule became this: Mon, Wed, Fri - Home Routine Tues, Thurs, Sat - Abs Routine, rest the rest Sun - No Routine, just rest I'm worried I might damage my abs or something with this new plan if the myth is false, especially since the Ab exercises account for 1/3 of those in the Home workout. My best friend is leaving for a month and I wanted to have a noticable difference by the time she gets back. Abs are a core muscle and are used all day, every day. This does not mean that they are being punished all day, every day. If your ab routine simply consists of ordinary crunches, I'd say go ahead and do them daily. If it involves weighted crunches or other punishing ab exercise, you would probably want to do that only 2 - 3 times a week, just to give your abs time to recover from the extra effort. Just my $0.02 |
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My rule is that all musles need 48 hours rest at least, except for calves
and abs. Arnold S promoted this in his first book (back in 1980 or so) and I have always stuck to it. Not that I have the sharpest cut six pack and chunkiest calves in the world (far from that!) but I have never ancountered problems of overtraining. I think that if you would train your abs extremely heavy (with added weights and complicated machines) that you would need more rest. But ordinary, free excercises (sit-ups, crunches etc.) and in particualr the right diet are all you need for great abs. I do calves three times a week (hate the excercise, makes me feel like I have to pee), and abs after every workout, i.e., six times a week. |
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My rule is that all musles need 48 hours rest at least, except for calves
and abs. Arnold S promoted this in his first book (back in 1980 or so) and I have always stuck to it. Not that I have the sharpest cut six pack and chunkiest calves in the world (far from that!) but I have never ancountered problems of overtraining. I think that if you would train your abs extremely heavy (with added weights and complicated machines) that you would need more rest. But ordinary, free excercises (sit-ups, crunches etc.) and in particualr the right diet are all you need for great abs. I do calves three times a week (hate the excercise, makes me feel like I have to pee), and abs after every workout, i.e., six times a week. |
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