Okay I've always been skinny due to genetics but recently ive been gaining weight and losing definition. Normally Im at 150lbs- but i checked and was at
160lbs now. So finally after slackin all summer, i worked out (did some tricking then after a few hours some minor strength work) dropping me down to 155lbs.
Anyways, my abs showed back up due to the work out but their horribly misshapen and out of place now. Is there a way to fix the size to where its even and
realign them?
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Help with my abs
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Posts: 650 (08/16/08 18:43:34) Extra |
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Posts: 361 (08/17/08 05:43:01) Extra |
Devin, I got something for you. For roughly 2 years I would do this exercise and pretty much ONLY this ab exercise (along with a few dynamic stretches and
stomach vacuums mainly for breath control).
THE FARMER BURNS STOMACH FLATNER: (Or do you spell flatner with 2 T's? Ahhh, who gives a shit!)... Basically all you do is inhale deeply making an effort to keep your stomach as flat as possible and then tense your abs (and try to do this from every direction, it can be difficult at first but you'll learn to control your abs from all sides) as hard as possible, I mean REALLY squeeze, while you slowly exhale your breath slowly out your nose. Basically this is just an isometric exercise with deep breathing (the way isometrics should be done). Do this over and over for about 5 minutes on an empty stomach. I did it as soon as I woke up for two years or so BEFORE I started training in gymnastics. When I began training most guys there were blown away with my ab strength. Now, I had been doing TKD for several years at that point but I've always attributed my ab strength to this exercise. Like I said. The only other thing I really did was some stomach vaccums and some dynamic stretches (in all directions) on the abs AFTER I did that exercise. I would do crunches at TKD training but the amount would be insignificant. I basically just did them because I had to. This was always my main exercise. The coolest part is that I haven't done it in ages and my abs still have just about the exact same strength. Try it out for a month or so and tell me what you think. |
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Posts: 654 (08/17/08 13:46:29) Extra |
Okay I will! Thanks Rob! What do you mean by all directions though?
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Posts: 363 (08/18/08 02:15:45) Extra |
I mean when you tense the abs it should be every part of the abs... we can get into semantics and argue about how it's all one muscle etc etc, but what I
mean is try to feel like the bottom, top and sides of your abs are all squeezing.
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Posts: 656 (08/18/08 03:35:40) Extra |
Oh Okay. Rob imma go to ur house tomorrow and we'll do some iron body.
YA! THEN PLAY SOME BASKETBALL WHILE EATING FRIEDCHICKEN AND DRINKIN KOOLADE! THEN WE'LL END THE DAY WITH MADDEN SON!! |
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RobP |
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Posts: 364 (08/18/08 05:51:41) Extra |
Ha ha! I don't think I'm quite that black! My basketball skills are substandard! AND MADDEN PISSES ME OFF!!!
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Posts: 2765 (08/18/08 09:44:50) Action Superstar! |
I dont wanna sound like a dick after what Rob posted, but first off the abdomen is one sheet of muscle, so any
separation and/or striation you see in them is the way they have always looked, promise. Your abs cannot significantly become crooked or misaligned, nor can
they suddenly straighten up. It just depends on the kind of abs the good lord gave you.
That being said, there's honestly not a lot you can do to help define your abs, unfortunately. Muscle-building studies have shown that the abs are one of the least-improvable muscle groups of the entire body with less than 20% improval possibility. You can strengthen them a bit more than you can grow/cut them, but your best bet for abdominal visibility is going to be dieting, since the stomach, hips, and lower abdomen is where a lot of fat is stored. So if you really want to look shredded in the thorax, consider asparagus. |
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Posts: 7103 (08/18/08 09:52:15) Administrator |
And rice milk.
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Posts: 657 (08/18/08 11:32:12) Extra |
I love asparagus and never had rice milk. Thanks. I had heard the abs shape is based off inheritance so I blame my dad haha. Is Rice Milk good? I'll have
to try it
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Posts: 7106 (08/18/08 15:33:37) Administrator |
I only say rice milk to dodge the arguments that 1. dairy is unhealthy and causes you to gain fat (-soy fanatics) and 2. soy milk causes a hormonal imbalance
in men (-soy haters).
I don't buy into either argument. I only drink rice milk because 1. it tastes good, 2. it's cheap at Trader Joe's, 3. it's pure as far as health food goes (non-pasteurized and "organic" when possbile) and 4. I fart after I drink milk. Ain't nobody got any dirt on rice milk, I tell ya.
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Posts: 30 (08/18/08 17:28:13) |
that last one we didnt need to know.
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A Friendly Albino |
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Posts: 79 (08/18/08 19:58:51) |
I had the same problem. I fixed it by having symmetrical abs tattooed onto my crappy lopsided ones. Now all the ladies want me.
I have absolutely nothing productive to add to this argument. |
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DevinWho |
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Posts: 661 (08/18/08 20:26:33) Extra |
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! THATS BRILLIANT! IM USING A SHARPIE TO ADD MY OWN AS WE SPEAK
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Posts: 366 (08/19/08 02:01:52) Extra |
You fools...
Anyway, what Curt said is true. The only thing I'll add to it (and not to sound like a dick either, nor did you sound like one at all) but fat only really develops on the parts of the body which are rather inactive. So fat people, although they may be fat all around, clearly have more fat on their abs then on their legs and arms which are (most likely) much more active. Get those abs working and I promise you'll see some improvement. And I can personally vouch for the breath exercise I listed above. Another thing you can consider. If you're heavily into Kung Fu (I can't remember what, if anything, you trained in, Devin) then you can try Choy Lay Fut style horse stance. Many Choy Lay Fut school stress these days to do TWISTING horse stance. That is, sink low into the stance and keep the legs firm while twisting your abs hard side to side and whipping relaxed arms around. I'd say the breathing exercise works better but if you do twisting horse stance for 5, 10... 30 minutes a day you'll see improvement... not to mention you'll be a badass mother fucker with a stance of pure STEEL! NOW EVERYBODY... LOOK AT MY ABS!!! (sorry, it's an obscure pro wrestling reference I don't think any of you will get) |
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Posts: 2768 (08/19/08 10:49:37) Action Superstar! |
Yeah there are some really good ab exercises available that almost nobody does. Instead of killing yourself doing hundreds of thousands of crunches, try some
reactive abwork: find a place where you can lie down in a declined position (preferably that has a place for feet stability--I use a decline bench press at the
gym I go to) while holding a weight plate to your chest (about 25-35lbs is good). Now, from an upright position, quickly release the tension in your abs and
fall back. When you're about halfway down, immediately retense those suckers and jet all the way back up. Repeat these in sets of 5 to 8 and I guarantee
you'll want to die everytime you cough, sneeze, fart, laugh, or breath the next day. Plus, any kind of situp works your hip-flexor muscles and ligaments as
much as they work your lower abdomen, so doing fast, reactive work will strenghen those joints and make your kicks fast, your hips more flexible, your sprints
more explosive, your jump springier, etc. I approve!
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