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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Training Q&A => Topic started by: Meso_z on May 22, 2010, 12:46:42 PM
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Should i train them mostly with weight?
genetically i have very weak abs and i nedd to drop to very low bf in order to fully see them.
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Yes, I would definitely start incorporating using weights to thicken the abs - I started doing it a few years back and I've noticed a huge difference between using weights versus just relying on bodyweight. My abs have thickened up considerably in this time, they protrude more (not in a bad way), and I haven't even started dieting down (simply because I've got no reason to diet down at the moment).
I tend to do crunches on an incline bench by first warming up using bodyweight only, then work sets involve holding a 5kg plate, then a 10kg plate, then 15kg plate and crunching til failure.
Reverse crunches are usually just performed with bodyweight although sometimes a put a light dumbell between my feet and hold it there whilst repping out.
Also try doing weighted rope pulldowns by crunching the abs in too - they work pretty well.
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You could always get fat...
Oh wait, you mean thicken your ab "musculos"
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synthol....
bench
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I rarely train abdominals, but when I do, I only use one exercise that is weighted......cybex ab crunch.
other than that, I never use weight for abs......just leg raises.....old fashioned crunches and occasionally some cybex crunches....but again, that is the only weighted ab exercise I perform. just my .02.
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Should i train them mostly with weight?
genetically i have very weak abs and i nedd to drop to very low bf in order to fully see them.
Weights,no weights,different ab workouts....I do abs 3-4xs a week and never do the same workout during the week.