working my abs every day ?

but yeah i just dont know the exackt calorie intake or whateva i mean how freaking perfect does it have to be i am here thinking it has to be perfect to get some kind of a result. my body has allways remaned skinny as **** ! so i aint scared of it geting converted into fat coz i used to eat heeps of junk food and nothing happens !!!??? so im thinking it would all be geting converted into muscle lol !
 
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I believe it needs to be CLEAN. With that said, an occasional off clean food is okay (you wont die, and done in moderation, is okay). I allow a cheat once in a while.

Let me give you an example: there were times last year, the family would come over, and we would cook out. I chose to barbecue CHICKEN breasts for my meal, okay. However, I had some selected bad choices. I went OVER my caloric limit for that day (about 500 to 600). what worked for me is what I call off setting the NEXT DAY. Im not saying I recommend this, this is just what I do........to offset the caloric side of the equation the next day, and this worked for me.

Most of the time though (99.5% I do not cheat), and if I do cheat, the cheating item is within the deficit limitations at all times. Moderation is the key, as what has most bad effects is eating consistant cheat meals over time.
 
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Never ask enough questions if you have them. You will better yourself and when applied correctly, your on your way to your goal........ROCK ON SMITHMACHINE,,,,,,,,,,,get that goal, dont limit yourself, push, but push SANELY.
 
While I was losing my weight, I hung a pic, of what I wanted to be in my self made gym the garage, and this motivated me. And over time, I moved it in front of the Cycle machine I use for the cardio. And visualize running after it.........LOL......dont laugh. LOL

And, if I thought I didnt work hard enough on the cycle, I would move it back or to the side, etc. Or move it forward, if I did. Its like a constant reminder of what all this work is for. now, I hang my pic next to it, and have simular but differing goals. Whats your motivator?
 
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lol all kinds of things motivate me i guess but at the same time i dont think i need it :) when it comes down to it i dont think i need motivation coz i enjoy it :) when i go to the gym its seen to me as somthing thats allmost fun. im adicted to it i think and its not somthing i need to motivate my self for but id have to say coming on here and talking about it to other people and seeing there pictures does allso keep me motivated and the fact that people used to allways say to me with a shirt of....man your so skinny !!! i just got sick of it and decided to start doing somthing about it and i seem to have found my first love haha.....my self :)
 
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I was saying rest for the ab muscles

Sometimes persons see good results and think MORE is better, and this IS NOT the case sometimes. Believe it or not one can overtrain the ab core.

I dont think you should train them 7 days a week, or everyday. They need time to repair, and you MAY get better results doing them every other day. Remember msucles grow WHEN THEY REST and repair, and you would be leaving little time for this if done everyday.


Set yourself up a regaular ab routine, I suggest, 3 to 4 times weekly, and progressive overload. I advocate lower reps for the abs (some may disagree as these are endurance muscles).

When I say low (its actually high), meaning 15 to 20 (25). I dont think its necessary, to go beyond 40 reps. As you get stronger, you will be doing 100 eventually. There are various things you can do to keep the reps in the range of up to 25. I train these like any
other muscle, and ad weight to my exercises for progressive overload, and then let them rest. Sometimes Im sore, and sometimes Im not, and soreness is not necessarily an indication you worked them hard (necessarily, I say)
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so how many sets should you do of 25 reps?
and how much time should you wait in between?
 
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I think it depends. It depends on several factors, for example, how long you have been training them, is this person a beginner, how much over weight they are, and on, and on.

In the beginning, an example only would be: 1 to 3 sets one exercise with no weight if just beginning, and once 25 about is reached first set, then add a 2 1/2 pound weight or 5lb plate, (which will bring the reps back down), and work back up to 25, and repeat. After a while maybe progress to two excercises , the combos are just endless. But for simplicity sake, if you just beginning, YOU DONT WANT YOU AB CORE SORE........BELIEVE me (at least TOO MUCH, because you will find out just how much it works during the day, LOL :) )

If your begining about 3 sets wont hurt you, 3 times a week, LEAVE TIME FOR RECOVERY. I would suggest at least two days rest in between for abs basically.
 
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ok ill try it
when i was younger i used to shoot off like 1 set of 80 everyday i guess more is not always better

also is these situps we are talking about?
and is it ok to mix up your sets with a different type of ab workout like flutterkicks?
 
Mixing it up is fine; however, keep track of your sets and reps. The key is progressive overload,,,,,,,,,,,continually, whenever an opportunity exposes itself with sanity.

I do situps (half-ups), and some may frown on these for a variety of physical reasons; however, they work for me. For you I dont really know.

What I do, is place a weight on my chest (holding it in place with two hands), begining from the floor, lift half up (dont go all the way to the knees) or midway, and then go back down and repeat.

For a reverse crunch, I also add weight. I put a dumbell with weight on my feet (feet are together) for reps on a progressive scale.

I also do swill ball crunches with weight, and regular crunches with weight in progressive overload.

But ALL THIS is for NOT if your overeating (to see abs), they will get stronger, but to see them IS THE DIET.
 
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