The Workout Thread

[aren]

For strong abs or to see them?

See them

One thing you can do: pretend you're humping a chick in the missionary position (or dude if that's what you're into). Seriously. Shit will KILL your abs. Get in the push up position, feet about shoulder width apart with your butt slightly in the air, and begin the humping motions. Trick is to keep your trunk/core engaged and not let your back arch too much on the way down. Do 20-25 reps for starters (up and own is one rep) and increase the reps as you get stronger. It's silly, yes, but have you ever felt your abs after a sex session? It doesn't work the obliques, so it's not a complete workout, but I definitely feel the burn from the bottom to the top of my abs.

So if I want a video demonstration I should head on over to youporn.com?

[Josh]

*mom joke*

[Kidnemo]

Abs are built in the kitchen amigo.

No matter how strong your abs get, if ya got a layer of chub its not gonna matter.

That being said, for strong abs - an ab wheel will make you pray for death. Hanging leg raises and the variations are brutal.

[Dolemite]

Kid, of course, is right. You can have the greatest abs in the world but if they're covered in a layer of Taco Bell and Rice Crispy Treats, no one's gonna see 'em.

[Hubbitron]

Mine are covered in delicious beer.

[Josh]

Mine are currently covered in Thai food.

[aren]

Abs are built in the kitchen amigo.

No matter how strong your abs get, if ya got a layer of chub its not gonna matter.

That being said, for strong abs - an ab wheel will make you pray for death. Hanging leg raises and the variations are brutal.

Well aware of that. I eat super clean nowadays, having 1-2 cheat meals a week.

I would love to be able to use an ab wheel but I'm the person that has limited range of motion in my right arm, so I can't do that nor hanging leg raises for the same reason.

My routine now consists of sit ups, crunches, bottom ups, decline and incline bench crunches/bottom ups, and a few machines specifically for abs. I just never know how much of each to do. Do I do 5 reps of 10 each, 3 reps of 20, until it hurts than some, etc?

[Josh]

To failure, imo.

Also, this guy probably didn't do a bunch of isolation work on machines. I feel like we might be overthinking a lot of things these days.

I'm not posting the full image because there is a statue penis in it and I don't want any sore butts.

[Kidnemo]

Well aware of that. I eat super clean nowadays, having 1-2 cheat meals a week.

I would love to be able to use an ab wheel but I'm the person that has limited range of motion in my right arm, so I can't do that nor hanging leg raises for the same reason.

My routine now consists of sit ups, crunches, bottom ups, decline and incline bench crunches/bottom ups, and a few machines specifically for abs. I just never know how much of each to do. Do I do 5 reps of 10 each, 3 reps of 20, until it hurts than some, etc?

If you knew then why did you ask?

And seriously, if you truly want a six pack, you are wasting your time on exercises like that. And in more cardio when you could be doing abs, knuckle down on your diet and youll see results.

Ill do abs when teaching bootcamps as a break (1 min of flutterkicks after doing a brutal set of 100 burpees for example) to help people breathe a bit and bring heart rates down, but there have been summers where Im rocking the full ab-city and didnt do ant dedicated ab exercises.

Also, yea, forgot about the arm thing! One arm roll outs ARE a thing (look em up) though and are brutally brutal.

[Drewbacca]

Weight lifting is going fabulously. Not lifting any number to write home about, but it's a solid workout that speeds by. I swear, it's like 30-40 minutes that goes by like nothing. I also feel like I can see small differences in my muscle definition though that is probably in my head.

I've really enjoyed lifting weights so far. My goal is to squat double my body weight which is a huge order but whatevs (I'm 202 lbs). I'm just over parity right now which is nothing to write home about either but I started at 45 pounds (just the bar) when I started so I'm happy with my increase. I noticed big differences in my shoulders, legs and butt within 2 weeks of starting. The results aren't in your head. I'm surprised at how protective I am of my workout schedule now that I've seen results. If I miss or postpone a day I feel like everything is going soft and I'm a piece of shit no one could love.

I have been known to log weight and reps on my phone in-between sets, but wanking around DURING a set is bogus.

Yeah I keep a google doc updated after every set completion or failure but I don't do it while I'm lifting things. It's not like I'm logging each rep continually as they occur.