/fit/ - Fitness, Health, Exercise, Dieting, etc

Used to be one of those people, because I was a pussy after painfully cramping up my abs one. Normally they wouldn't have, but I was an idiot who didn't hydrate properly back then.

Now I'm back to incorporating them into my workouts.

>>138562

based.The compound argument is literally just an excuse for people that are too lazy to work their abs

>>138564

There's a reason some people caution against overemphasizing ab work, and it's because the amount of fat there has a lot to do with diet and hormones. It's true you need to do the work to build some muscle there, but it's not going to spot reduce the fat. Also, if you do too much ab work without much strengthening of the back, it's easy to become slightly kyphotic like a hunchback. Posture is what people see when you wear a shirt.

>>138571

I know theres no spot reduction and its also very true most people end up overemphasizing ab work,But theres an on going trend for years now to not do any ab work whatsoever which is just plain stupid.

I have seen people getting lean as hell and having flat stomach with no abs(legit lean as hell,veins in arms e.t.c) and be given advise to do more compounds to make their abs "pop" out instead of actually training them directly.

i dont disagree with anything you said tho

>>138576

>not do any ab work whatsoever which is just plain stupid

I don't do sit-ups or crunches because I have no use for it. I would understand doing them if you're training for the Army or if you're a faggot.

My abs get enough development by doing unilateral should presses, squats and during bench presses.

>>138579

> I don't do sit-ups or crunches because I have no use for it. I would understand doing them if you're training for the Army or if you're a faggot.

what is core strength

>>138579

>doing sit ups now makes you a faggot

Out of all the people in western nations who do not have visible abs I can guarantee that 99% of time its because of excess fat and not lack of muscle. So if you're doing a well rounded program and you want nice abs well guess what you already have them you just need to get rid of the layers of blubber hiding them.

Am I telling you to NEVER do dedicated core work? Of course not. But it also will not get you visible abs if you don't dial down your diet.

>>138601

I've tried planks but once I got past 3x5 minutes and not "feeling it" it just seemed like a waste of time to continue doing static/isometric ab exercises

I ignored abs, and then developed anterior pelvic tilt. Now I'm doing abs and my pelvis is slowly fixing itself.

>>138643

why would you get anterior pelvic tilt from not doing crunches and shit? just flex your angus