Saturday 4 June 2016

HOW OFTEN YOU SHOULD TRAIN ABS

Like other muscles abs also need training in order to develop them. Abs consists of segmented muscles which are separated from each other.Most of the people train their whole body but skip abs,Reason behind this is that these muscle are difficult to train and require psychological and mental determination to make them visible.

Remember that abs are made in the kitchen.

80% is your diet and only 20%is the workout. Most of the fat accumulates near the abdominal area that why some people find it difficult to make their abs visible which are hidden under the shades of their fat.
When you are training your abdominal muscles but getting no results remember that they are developing under that bunch of fat but to increase their visibility you should burn the over hanging fat by dieting and cardio.
It depends on your fitness goal that determines how much you should train abs

DURING MUSCLE GAIN

If the goal is muscle gain then hit the abs twice a week to ensure their development like other muscles,although in some bulky persons abs are not going to pop out during muscle gain but they are developing under the layer of fat and when you shred fat over them you are going to see the results of your hard work.

DURING WEIGHT LOSS

If the goal is weight loss then train them 5 to 6 times a week to shred the fat lying over it. As your fat percentage is going down more and more visibility of your abs gonna come.
Now important thing is that how you are going to train abs 5 to 6 times a day without giving them a recovery time of even a day.
Train upper abs and external obliques on mon,wed,and friday and lower abs and internal obliques on alternate days like tue,thur and saturday.
Because abs are the segmented muscles training one segment and at the same time allowing the other segments to recover is going to develop that six pack abs.

EXERCISES

Mon-wed-fri=Upper abs +External oblique
  • Inclined crunches
  • Rope crunches
  • Russian twist
Tues-thur-sat=Lower abs +Internal obliques
  • Hanging knee raises
  • Side planks
  • Leg raises

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