mmuscle

Hi all,

Just a quick post to give a bit of advise for anyone who is interested in getting that much desired pefect stomach. Most people 'new' to bodybuilding train there stomach by performing endless sets of Ab crunches, sit-ups and leg raises. This is all good, however to shape your stomach evenly, its a good idea to also work the obliques. These muscles are the ones located at the side of the midsection and working them helps to shape and tighten the whole midsection.

Here's how you work them.

With a dumbbell in either one or both hands, held against the side, you should bend sideways from the far left to the far right, lowering down slowly and lifting quickly. This should be repeated for between 10-15 repetitions, for say 1 or 2 sets. Note that for the best results, this exercise should be incorporated into your general abdominal workout, as excersing any abdominal muscle will affect the adjacent muscles and therefore will have a cumulative affect on the developement of the entire area.

Well thats my ten cents worth for the day

mmuscle

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hackskii

Holding a dumbell in both hands and bending wont hit the obliques, that only works if you hold only one dumbell.

Wanna nice tummy?..............................Diet!

No such thing as spot reducing. Bodyfat loss is the best for showing off your muscles.

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Z3R0-CooL

best overall exercise for ab and oblique development IMHO are supersets of rope cruches and leg raises

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ONE SMART COOKIE

Never train obliques it ruins symmetry,

And rest of abs can be left to six weeks before show before training.

hackskii

It will give you a thick waist.
I must have done tons of those as my waist is the thickest thing in my body besides my head

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winger

Train obliques for that nice wide waisted look.

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mmuscle

Side dips are going to thicken your waist thats true. So if you just want a slim waist then they maybe are not for you. However if you want an all around muscular midsection, then I advise that you train them.

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TypeR

i havent made much change to my diet but recently i have been trainning my abs twice a week there getting there! :p

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OnePack

anyone seen the ad for that ab/oblique machine thing? you sit on this seat, hold on to two handles and swing ur body and legs around up and down from side to side. I want a go on that thing cos it looks fun!

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Kel

If its the one on Sky tv i want a go too doesnt it look fun do you think it would actually work though?

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ChefX

100% agreed!

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I find just doing large compound exercises hits the abs.

I suppose adding leg raises and rope pulls would be beneficial too.:p

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samurai69

One of my clients bought one back in the uk a few years ago, not as easy as they look, personally i wouldnt bother LOL

What chef and cookie say ruins that narrow waisted look, though i have to say i think defined obliques look good, but thats down to diet

ONE SMART COOKIE

I agreew ith me also,lol.

if you want good abs remember to always train then in a way that removes the use of your hip flexors(checkout male models god abs but even bigger hip flexors)

I`ve heard the janga situps are ideal for ab isolaton,never tried them "yet" so cant totally comment on effectiveness.

samurai69

Cant get a really good description of janga situps, there is some info on the clarence bass sight and a bit on pavels, but nothing explaining them clearly, if you have any info explaining them please post it up (will try the partner version and not with pavels ab thing first)