How to Measure Ab Progress?

lazywriter
lazywriter Posts: 90
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
So legs and arms is easy - you go with a weight, 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps, when it starts to get easy you up the weight.

But for abs, how do I know where to start, and when to go up? For a month I did 100 crunches a night. 25 lower, 25 mid, 25 each side of the obliques. That was pretty easy, even if I didn't see a lot of definition because I still had weight to lose.

I want to try to do abs daily again, but I need to know how many I need to do and knowing what is too much or too little. I get bored of them so easily, and don't like using a stability ball. I don't own one, and I fall off them all the time, lmfao.

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  • swinginchandra
    swinginchandra Posts: 418 Member
    how do you feel about exercise DVD's. I've heard (and seen) good things about "6 week 6 pack".

    One thing I do, is I take a picture of my abs every morning in the same light... with just sports bra and shorts. After a month or two, I'm going to make a time lapse and see if I can see the difference!
  • dave4d
    dave4d Posts: 1,155 Member
    There are several key points to a good ab workout. Volume is not the biggest factor in doing abs. Make sure you tighten your abs before you even start your contraction, and make sure your abs stay tight throughout the entire workout. You don't need to do a lot of ab work, but if you want to measure progress, try planks. Time yourself, and see how long you can hold the position, then try for longer on your next workout. You could always do weighted ab work too. Cable crunches, or even grabbing a plate when you do incline situps. Make sure you do your ab work real slow, only using your ab muscles to do the work. Don't use your arms, neck, or any momentum when doing crunches, or situps. Concentrate, on slow form, maybe try a 10 count on the way up, hold, then 10 count on the way down. They will be alot harder, and give you better results.
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