Alright now I have an ab question

[1quick1]

Alright I've been working out for about 5 years now. I have a fairly good concept of weight training and diet. I do however have an ab question.

On most my workouts I work a specific muscle group once or twice a week (depending on my routine) and rest it. Following this routine I've been doing my abs once or twice a week depending on my routine. Since your abs are a muscle that needs rest to grow just like any other muscle how come a lot of people do their ab workouts 3-5 times a week and not overtrain? I'm thinking about turning up the heat a little in that department. I have a six pack but it could always be better

 

[R.Lewis]

many ppl seam to do 100's and 100's of sit ups, to improve your 6pak, I's suggest working them in the same way you'd work any other muscle. Try holding a ligh weight on ur head, and get heavyer untill you can only manage 8-10 at a time, or if your have a decline bench press, use that ( mind your head on the bar).

It can get pretty dangerous tho, so be really carefully and dont give urself a hernia or any back probs.

Make sure ur doing the same for ur lower back and obliques, there all important core muscles, and will all improve your phisique

 

[1quick1]

Thanks for the response. Yea I noticed and that was pretty much my question how people do so many situps and work their abs so much without overtraining since it's a muscle as well. I will work on building some strength and do some good quality sets and let them rest like I would any other muscle.

 

[evolution]

I believe it was Ian King who said you could do abdominals daily for injury prevention (that would be extremely low volume each day, though) or hit them pretty hard 3-4 times a week.