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Originally Posted by fpgt91
No the abs are not just like the biceps. Can you do 30 reps on your biceps, for one set with a decent weight at least 60% of max rep and do another 30, and then another 30 after that? And then move onto another 2 more excersizes for them after that? I highly doubt it and if you can your not working them out properly.
Your abs are like your calves....they have a very quick recovery rate. Yes they do need time to rest and heal but no where near as much as your other muscles do.
They get replensihed with lots of oxygen rich blood very quickly and probbaly alos have a higher ratio of fast twitch vs. slow twitch muscle fibre in them.
Yes you can most certanly work your abs out everyday but unless your young with age I wouldn't suggest it as you can easily over train your self.
I would suggest working them out every other day. Of course lots of good deep sleep, a good diet and a stress free enviroment will all contribute to a much healthier look and faster recovery times.
A good idea is to work your abs out one day and your calves the other.
Right now I'm seeing excellent results with this routine...
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if you're doing 30 situps and then another 30 and then another 30 and then 2 more exercises, then you're not exercising them properly. if you want to build muscle, any muscle, then you have to work them not to fatigue, but to overload. you need to overload them so that the fibers breakdown and are rebuilt. which is why there's the 48 hour rest. so they can heal and rebuild stronger. if you're doing the 30/30/30 etc. all you're doing is fatigueing you're muscles, building aerobic endurance, but not doing much to increase their strength or size (and dman2 is interested in his being seen and the bigger they are, the thicker layer of subcutaneous abdominal fat that they may be able to be seen through). you're way is aerobically burning glucose. any soreness and fatigue you get from it will be from lactic acid, not muscle breakdown.