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Ch'i · 02-20-2007, 01:24 PM

Alright. The split is fine; I was under the impression you meant two full workout sessions a day. Thank you for clarifying.

About those 400-600 crunches...

There are five parts to your abdominals that deserve equal attention, and you will see greater results by working all of them. Instead of pushing out hundreds of repititions do this: preform the crunch very slowly, when you have reached the apex of the crunch breathe out as hard as you can, lower slowly and repeat. The crunch works out your upper abdominals which leaves the four other parts to your midsection; lower abdominals, obliques, transverse abdomis and the lower back. Choose an exercise for each of the four parts and do around 15-20 repititions of each exercise. Following the breathing/slow repitition technique described earlier. Strengthening your abdominals is almost entirely about quality, not quantity.

Here are a few exercises you could use:
Russian Twist (obliques)
Leg Lift (lower abs)
Vacuum Bridge (transverse abs)
Back Raises (lower back)

02-20-2007, 01:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ch'i Artist of Life	Alright. The split is fine; I was under the impression you meant two full workout sessions a day. Thank you for clarifying. About those 400-600 crunches... There are five parts to your abdominals that deserve equal attention, and you will see greater results by working all of them. Instead of pushing out hundreds of repititions do this: preform the crunch very slowly, when you have reached the apex of the crunch breathe out as hard as you can, lower slowly and repeat. The crunch works out your upper abdominals which leaves the four other parts to your midsection; lower abdominals, obliques, transverse abdomis and the lower back. Choose an exercise for each of the four parts and do around 15-20 repititions of each exercise. Following the breathing/slow repitition technique described earlier. Strengthening your abdominals is almost entirely about quality, not quantity. Here are a few exercises you could use: Russian Twist (obliques) Leg Lift (lower abs) Vacuum Bridge (transverse abs) Back Raises (lower back) Last edited by Ch'i; 02-20-2007 at 01:43 PM..