Best Ab Workout? - Democratic Underground

BamaLefty

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Mon Mar-20-06 11:44 PM
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Best Ab Workout?

God almighty, anything besides endless situps! I've been doing 100 per day for 3 weeks and have just now started to notice some tone. There's got to be a better way...

What say you? I'll be going off to the University of Alabama next year and am currently searching for the easiest and fastest way to achieve a 6 pack. w00t w00t!

Thanks!

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graywarrior

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Mon Mar-20-06 11:45 PM
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1. I read this a few weeks ago

http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises.htm

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Deja Q

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Tue Mar-21-06 09:21 AM
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5. They recommend the Ab Rocker?!

Wow.

Still, with neck problems (anf fused vertabrae), it's an option.

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underpants

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Tue Mar-21-06 09:22 AM
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6. Excellent

printed and bookmarked

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AngryAmish

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Mon Mar-20-06 11:56 PM
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2. Start boxing

A good six pack requires real low body fat and tons of different sit ups. 100 a day don't cut it. Think maybe 1000.

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file83

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Mon Mar-20-06 11:58 PM
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3. You could do sit ups for ever, but if you aren't eating right....

...you'll never get a six pack. Do tons of cardio - and eat a low carb diet. You need to burn body fat.

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BamaLefty

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Tue Mar-21-06 09:18 AM
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4. Yeah

but I'm not fat to begin with... plus at 18 years old, your metabolism rate is still pretty high. But you are correct, fatty food don't help and I'm not eating them. I've given up all fried foods as well as red meat (thanks to the mad cow found in Alabama). :P

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MissMillie

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Tue Mar-21-06 09:25 AM
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7. You may want to post this in the Exercise and Fitness forum

lots of smart folks there who may have some suggestions.

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GreenPartyVoter

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Tue Mar-21-06 09:34 AM
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8. You need to do a lot of a vast variety of different kinds of sit-ups

Seriously, go work out with some college or All-Star cheerleaders. They tend to have some major core body strength in order to jump, fly, and tumble.

http://geocities.com/aescougarcheer/basics.htm

http://www.whatisprox.com/clipplayer.asp?clip=10456

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BamaLefty

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Wed Mar-22-06 10:58 PM
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11. That's a Bama Cheerleader!

at the top!

Roll Damn Tide!!

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ForrestGump

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Tue Mar-21-06 09:40 AM
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9. Martial arts. Kayaking is good, too

There're more, but those are two of mine that always worked by abdominals really well.

Martial arts, especially when connectivity is stressed and everything generates or pivots about the waist (very true of the Chinese styles I've done), has to provide one of the best abdominal workouts, albeit part of a far larger and diffuse physical framework.

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slide to the left

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Tue Mar-21-06 09:41 AM
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10. stability ball

there are tons of exercises to do on them for abs.

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