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Originally Posted by narcsarge
I treat abs like every other muscle group (w/ an exception). Your "core" muscles get worked when doing Deads and Squats so I usually tend to do one direct ab exercise. Usually, cable crunches. 3-4 sets w/ 110 for 25 reps and I have had good results.
I also do Tae Kwon Do so I do a lot of situps in training. Just an idea...
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I really do treat abs like any other muscle group i train, its not uncommon for me to use 2 x 25kg - 55lb plates for decline situps etc, same rep range as all my other lifts around 8 - 12 slow focused reps, for Obliques i do stuff like dumbbell side bends with 150lb dumbbell in each hand and again its slow focused reps for 8 - 12, abs are pretty much pumped after that and are only trained once a week.
Take Mariusz Pudzianowski as an example of someone who is an extremely heavy lifter and has extremely thick strong abs with it, his waist has got to be 40 + inches of solid muscle.
