The Back Is Essential When Working on Sexy Abs, or a Six Pack
We all want a strong stomach, and a waist that turns heads? Well then, there is a secret you may not know that is important to that goal.
When you hit the gym, to build that amazing mid-section, you need to be sure to put in some back work, especially on the lower back muscles..
This is a trick that any body builder worth his or her salt has been quietly using for years.
To have an amazing looking, strong mid-section, you need to make sure you workout all of it, front, back, and sides.
This will ensure that all of the muscles in your mid-riff are developed.
It will speed fat loss, reduce pain, and balance the muscle groups, to prevent injury.
When working out my abs I do a variety of exercises to hit all parts.
Among them: Back Extensions (lower back) Seated Row (Middle Back) Side Crunches (Side) Crunches (Front) Leg Lifts (Lower Abs) Decline Crunch (Upper Abs) There are many more, but these will work out all of your muscle groups.
I usually do each muscle group in an ab workout, and I work until muscle failure on the final sets.
Remember, your abdominal muscles grow and develop just like any other muscle.
I am always amazed when I go to the gym, and I see people working their abs for the entire time.
You would not do that with your biceps, and you certainly would not do that with your calf muscles, or you'd be walking like the 1000 year old man (or woman).
The same rules apply that apply to every other muscle group.
Do three to five sets per targeted group.
If you do sit ups all day, you are not going to grow those muscles any faster, and you are not going to burn fat in that area any more rapidly.
The fat will burn as your overall body fat percentage falls, and the muscle will grow and strengthen with regular workouts, just like any other group.
Spending an entire workout doing crunches, is tiring, boring, and a waste of time.
So when you hit the gym planning to do an ab workout remember, 3 to five sets per group, (the last set can be to failure) and try to hit multiple muscle groups around the entire core region.
You will dramatically amplify your results, and probably enjoy that workout a lot more.
This approach will give you the sexy physique you desire, but more importantly will balance the strength of all the muscles in your core, which makes you more balanced, and less prone to injury, and will often relieve any back pain.
Good Lifting
When you hit the gym, to build that amazing mid-section, you need to be sure to put in some back work, especially on the lower back muscles..
This is a trick that any body builder worth his or her salt has been quietly using for years.
To have an amazing looking, strong mid-section, you need to make sure you workout all of it, front, back, and sides.
This will ensure that all of the muscles in your mid-riff are developed.
It will speed fat loss, reduce pain, and balance the muscle groups, to prevent injury.
When working out my abs I do a variety of exercises to hit all parts.
Among them: Back Extensions (lower back) Seated Row (Middle Back) Side Crunches (Side) Crunches (Front) Leg Lifts (Lower Abs) Decline Crunch (Upper Abs) There are many more, but these will work out all of your muscle groups.
I usually do each muscle group in an ab workout, and I work until muscle failure on the final sets.
Remember, your abdominal muscles grow and develop just like any other muscle.
I am always amazed when I go to the gym, and I see people working their abs for the entire time.
You would not do that with your biceps, and you certainly would not do that with your calf muscles, or you'd be walking like the 1000 year old man (or woman).
The same rules apply that apply to every other muscle group.
Do three to five sets per targeted group.
If you do sit ups all day, you are not going to grow those muscles any faster, and you are not going to burn fat in that area any more rapidly.
The fat will burn as your overall body fat percentage falls, and the muscle will grow and strengthen with regular workouts, just like any other group.
Spending an entire workout doing crunches, is tiring, boring, and a waste of time.
So when you hit the gym planning to do an ab workout remember, 3 to five sets per group, (the last set can be to failure) and try to hit multiple muscle groups around the entire core region.
You will dramatically amplify your results, and probably enjoy that workout a lot more.
This approach will give you the sexy physique you desire, but more importantly will balance the strength of all the muscles in your core, which makes you more balanced, and less prone to injury, and will often relieve any back pain.
Good Lifting
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