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Six Pack Abs Workout Routine


Workout for Six Pack Abs

HEY, I'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY KILLIN MY ABS, THEY'RE NOW REAL TIGHT and FLAT BUT STILL I'VE NO KOOL AB-SLAB SHOW TO SPORT. HELP! WHAT DO I DO TO GET A SIX PACK THAT SCREAMS OUT HOT-STUD?

OK, We're talkin prominent C-THRU six/eight pack that looks like you're displayin' a mountain range behind your shirt/tank or tee. Teen & Junior abs should ALWAYS look like they're explodin' with pride. So let's make 'em so they can NEVER hide but instead 3rd dimension announce themselves PURE-RAW SHOWMUSCLE ANIMAL!

Those abs are probably by now incredibly strong and durable through all those endurance reps, which is kool for an athlete but NOT for showmuscle. You've now gotta think size, cuz size really matters including abs. Hypertrophy is what you want not more conditioning. Break down those fibers deep, deep down and make 'em grow THICK for show! So we're talkin about a special GROWTH program here.
STOP training yer abs for two weeks, preferably three weeks even. This will detraumatize them. Now after that, you've gotta slaughter 'em real evil, but heavy and quick. QUIT those crunches and leg-lifts for now and let's try:

ROPE ACCORDIAN PULLDOWNS: (this is an advanced crunch effect that really does the biz:-

  • Put a thick rope around the handle of the pulley chain, kneel as though you were prayin ( yer soon will be with the burnin of those abs!) and
  • Holdin' your arms straight up in front of you - narrow-grip start bowing in reverence to those awesome abs that are about to emerge from the dead.
  • Feel the tension as you go down through each ab-slab as though you were playin the accordion - you are!
  • With the abs acting as YOUR accordion to bring you sweet muscle music of sizzlin, 'growin-t-b' pain.
  • Make it hurt and you can even scream in harmony with those roastin ab plates.
  • Do four heavee sets which allow you ideally 10-12 to build those mountains and caverns - NO MORE!

NOW REST those abs for at least 72 hours. You can make sweet MUSIC & LUV to them by massaging them with oil (olive-oil or similar) during this time once or twice, and really kneed the deep-lyin' fibers to encourage recuperation.

As the weeks pass by, you will be able to add on the poundage until you are workin with really respectable poundage BUT in very slow, strict style ALWAYS and both in pos and neg mode.

You can occasionally up the reps, but NEVER or at least RARELY go over 25 otherwise or you'll be training not for showmuscle but instead, for endurance.

However some guys seem to thrive on this very high rep stuff - but if you are NOT one, you'll be wasting your time - and so it is not sacrosanct (In bodybuilding, nothing really is except you as an individual bodybuilder).

ONLY when your ab-slabs are prominent enough to be seen glowin' at 250 paces, and thrustin out with pride, can you even think of going back to standard ab work such as SLOW crunches and overhead-bar leg lifts, just to keep those mountains and valleys in prime condition and we're still talkin fabric-covered here!

Hey think how kool it will be when after placing your hand on your stomach you hear someone shout out: "are you missin a hand dude -oh sorry stud, my mistake, your deep slab-ab-pack is hidin' it!

OTHER PRINCIPAL AB-PACK CREATORS ARE: BASIC CRUNCHES: (very effective with your lower legs at 90 degrees to your lower legs and over just a 6 inch movement, especially if done slowly and you super tense the ab-plates).

HANGING LEG-RAISES (KOOL LOWER-MOLDERS): keep your legs together and slightly bent to avoid back strain. Maintain constant tension. slowly raising your knees toward your chest rolling your pelvis as you do so on the upward part of the movement with NO momentum or swinging.

There's a secondary exercise: TWISTS with bar held on traps, (now this does not work for everyone, but as a warm-down exercise it's useful.

IF it does work for you, it will tighten the serratus and obliques to give the impression of a smaller, tighter waist.

Take care to build up gradually as this is a great back 'putter-out' if you're not musclesmart.

LAST BUT BY NO MEANS LEAST: without a suitable bodybuilding food-intake program, spread over at least six small but nutritionally packed, meals a day, so that no fat can be laid down as surplus, the total package will NOT be in place. Without that and about a 20% EFA (essential fatty acid) intake, poor or non-existent results may be expected.

 

LEAN-BURNIN THE FAT
Can you be a whiz unc and list a few things which would help me lose unwanted fat?

Hard, brief strength training should be a part of every adult's weekly lifestyle - especially those who need to lose fat.

Please help me Unc. I am green with envy over my training mates back-width, those lats of his sprout and spread like wings when he poses. How can I get like this?

THICK KNOCKOUT SPROUTING WINGS

  • Like most, if not all aspects of smart showmuscle. Bodybuilding is a question of doing things which work for YOU not other people. Everyone's body composition profile is different and, consequently, requires a different attack approach. Whenever you're not sure of anything and you can't find someone whom you can really trust to ask. GO BACK TO BASICS!
  • Many guys who have set up a CHINNING BAR at home and chin every day, have built spectacular VEE shapes that taper from 'wide shoulders to narrow waist.' Try it and see how it works for you.
  • If you find it difficult at first, get a stool and just LOWER yourself under control. Soon you will find it easy to do fully controlled, slow 'evil' chins that forge not only your wings, but also the entire musculature of your back and shoulder girdle. Experiment with differing hand positions - see Training article section in Showmuscle. There are many, many ways to chin, with each exercise variety stressing a different area of your back.
  • ALWAYS remember that cheating is to make the exercise MORE productive and not to make it easier. (don't miss the up-and-coming feature article on 'Cheat if you want to cheat yourself grow!)' Most builders train far too heavy because ego simply takes over. BUT EGO & WEIGHT ARE TOTAL ENEMIES OF GROWTH.
  • In fact a lighter weight executed with mind-muscle-see-feel squeeze tension throughout the rep with 100% focusing, will create a much more significant action-potential than a too-heavy weight, which is invariably repped with sheer momentum and no real stimulation on the muscle.

STIMULATION IS THE ONLY THING THAT MUSCLE RESPONDS TO, NOTHING ELSE.

BUT DON'T RUSH! BUILD UP SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY AND CONCENTRATE ON STIMULATING THOSE FIBERS. FORGET POUNDAGE, THAT COMES IN TIME AS YOU PROGRESS.

SWITCH EXERCISES SAY EVERY TWO-THREE WEEKS TO ROWS OR CHINS

JMI'n tip: (THINK OF YOUR MUSCLES AS AN ELASTIC BAND -HEY IF IT'S FULLY STRETCHED (WIDE) THERE'S VERY LITTLE GROWTH-POTENTIAL BUT IF IT'S NARROW, WOW! You have got masses of room to force new growth). The same with your muscles (generally - there are exceptions).

HOWEVER, DOING EVERYTHING WIDE IS A SHOWMUSCLE MISCONCEPTION AND IS MORE PSYCHOLOGICALLY REWARDING THAN ANYTHING ELSE. So do narrow, medium and wide, but if there's only time for one, opt for narrow-medium!

REMEMBER: PROGRESS via FULL& STRICT and only then, gradually HEAVIER AND HEAVIER always maintaining total control. That way you won't incur injury AND you will also pre-program YOUR bod to grow stronger and more awesome.

DEADLIFTS CAN BE EVIL. (do them with barbells, dumb-bells and freeweight or machine - just do 'em) But for all-round growth they are totally miraculous. When you progress to strictly performed, heavy poundage, watch out! Splllittt-ripppppp The Incredible Hulk will have nothin' on YOU!

Hey uncs, the only way to grow BIG is train with awesome poundage. HEAVY IS KING! What do you say to THAT! SQUATS MUST BE HEAVY TO EVEN WORK!
KILLER LEGS & THRILLER BRAIN

I totally agree IF YOU'RE a weightlifter that is. IF however you are smartmuscle NO WAY JOSE! Muscle grows solely through stimulation. Muscle doesn't want to grow and, it ONLY grows because the first priority of the bod is to survive, but that's NOT even the bods territory for it's the brains that decide.

  • The brain solely decides and activates 'potentials' to allow muscle to happen.
  • IF YOU JUST TRAIN FOR POUNDAGE EGO, it's NOT gonna happen.
  • The brain focus connection must be a direct part of it.

IF HOWEVER, we're talking of:

MIND-MUSCLE-SEE-FEEL-SQUEEZE-TENSION TRAINING UNDER TOTAL CONTROL WITH NO MOMENTUM