Many of people have asked me…
“Craig, what do you do in terms of training your abs?”
To their confusion and disbelief, I say…
“Nothing!!”
Well, it’s not really nothing.
When you consider all the heavy lifting I do during my training week with exercises like deadlifts, squats, bent rows, dumbbell rows, barbell curls, tricep push-downs, pullovers, etc, my abdominal wall is copping an absolute beating as it contracts isometrically against my weight training belt so as to support my core during these taxing compound movements.
The abdominal wall is like any other body part, it needs plenty of rest and recovery for subsequent growth and development to occur.
My advice to you is simple, if you feel this muscle group is not getting enough stimulus from your regular workouts then you could perhaps train them once per week with some ab crunches, cable pull-downs whilst kneeling on the floor and /or hanging leg raises. Two to three sets of each of these exercises with repetitions in the 15-20 range is all you need.
The abdominal wall is VERY easily over-trained, and at the end of the day, most people’s problems with a lack of visible abs are largely due to too much body fat, which in turn can be rectified by tidying up one’s eating habits combined with perhaps introducing some cardiovascular exercise from brisk walking or cycling.
So when it comes to developing world class abs, my response always involves the KISS Theory…
“Keep it simple stupid!!!”
PS: And no folks, fat burners like Hydroxycut are not the ‘magic bullet’ for bringing out your abs!!!
Bodychisel by Craig. 