Oblique routines at home

RE: Oblique routines at home (Pssst)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:16:55 GMT

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

ORIGINAL: Pssst

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

ORIGINAL: Pssst

What's the lowest possible BF%? Mine is probably somewhere near that.

My obliques are lacking a lot of muscles because only my abs show :(

haha...uhh idk, ive heard of 3-4 ish? i really doubt yours is that low.

Near it, haha.

I'm probably around 6-8% is that's realistic. I honestly have no idea, but it's LOW.

I'm 5'8ish 127 for a rough estimate?

cant judge by just that because idk how much muscle you have, would need a picture. If you are 6-8% you are one raily person lol

Haha, yeah. I'm not sure though. There's nothing really to grab on my stomach or anywhere rly. My stomach gets kinda bloated though. I don't think it's fat, but it's awkward.

RE: Oblique routines at home (RollingStone)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:13:46 GMT

ORIGINAL: Pssst

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

ORIGINAL: Pssst

What's the lowest possible BF%? Mine is probably somewhere near that.

My obliques are lacking a lot of muscles because only my abs show :(

haha...uhh idk, ive heard of 3-4 ish? i really doubt yours is that low.

Near it, haha.

I'm probably around 6-8% is that's realistic. I honestly have no idea, but it's LOW.

I'm 5'8ish 127 for a rough estimate?

cant judge by just that because idk how much muscle you have, would need a picture. If you are 6-8% you are one raily person lol

RE: Oblique routines at home (Pssst)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:09:27 GMT

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

ORIGINAL: Pssst

What's the lowest possible BF%? Mine is probably somewhere near that.

My obliques are lacking a lot of muscles because only my abs show :(

haha...uhh idk, ive heard of 3-4 ish? i really doubt yours is that low.

Near it, haha.

I'm probably around 6-8% is that's realistic. I honestly have no idea, but it's LOW.

I'm 5'8ish 127 for a rough estimate?

RE: Oblique routines at home (RollingStone)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:08:06 GMT

ORIGINAL: Pssst

What's the lowest possible BF%? Mine is probably somewhere near that.

My obliques are lacking a lot of muscles because only my abs show :(

haha...uhh idk, ive heard of 3-4 ish? i really doubt yours is that low.

RE: Oblique routines at home (Pssst)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:05:23 GMT

What's the lowest possible BF%? Mine is probably somewhere near that.

My obliques are lacking a lot of muscles because only my abs show :(

RE: Oblique routines at home (RollingStone)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:48:59 GMT

ORIGINAL: MDClifter

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

ORIGINAL: MDClifter

ORIGINAL: Pssst

I don't really wanna stick in a bunch of ab workouts at the end of my routine. Should I just do these exercises between sets of other exercises? Thanks for the input!

I dunno if it's bad or not, but my routine lasts around 55 minutes, so any extra work would be too long.

I don't buy into the whole "you have to finish your workout in less than an hour" idea. So what if your testosterone levels dip a little towards the end of your workout? That's why you do your heavy lifts first. I don't think knocking out some abs at the end of every other workout is going to hurt your gains. Between my workout, my HIIT cardio and my abs (after the cardio) I was in the gym for almost 2 hours the other night. Felt great too! I think someone else mentioned to shorten your rest periods as well. Not a bad idea, you could probably easily shave off 5 to 10 min. from doing that and that's plenty o' time to get some abs in.

not to mention your delving deeper into a catabolic state with no food or protein in you...unless your drinking a shake during the workout.

I'm not suggesting he workout 2 hours, I usually keep my workout to 1 1/2 hours or under. And no I'm not drinking a shake during my workout. I usually pop some BCAA's right before and then drink my shake right after I'm done. I guess if I was bulking I'd be more worried about it but I've been losing weight and getting stronger so I don't have too many complaints atm. I'm sure there's validity to the keeping your workout duration reasonable, but I think its probably a little overexaggerated much like the idea of "overtraining".

well true i guess its not like youre gonna start losing muscle if you train for over an hour, but you always hear about the "window" right after your workout where you wanna get food in as fast as possible to kickstart the recovery process. The longer you stay in the gym, the more that window is closing.

RE: Oblique routines at home (MDClifter)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:42:55 GMT

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

ORIGINAL: MDClifter

ORIGINAL: Pssst

I don't really wanna stick in a bunch of ab workouts at the end of my routine. Should I just do these exercises between sets of other exercises? Thanks for the input!

I dunno if it's bad or not, but my routine lasts around 55 minutes, so any extra work would be too long.

I don't buy into the whole "you have to finish your workout in less than an hour" idea. So what if your testosterone levels dip a little towards the end of your workout? That's why you do your heavy lifts first. I don't think knocking out some abs at the end of every other workout is going to hurt your gains. Between my workout, my HIIT cardio and my abs (after the cardio) I was in the gym for almost 2 hours the other night. Felt great too! I think someone else mentioned to shorten your rest periods as well. Not a bad idea, you could probably easily shave off 5 to 10 min. from doing that and that's plenty o' time to get some abs in.

not to mention your delving deeper into a catabolic state with no food or protein in you...unless your drinking a shake during the workout.

I'm not suggesting he workout 2 hours, I usually keep my workout to 1 1/2 hours or under. And no I'm not drinking a shake during my workout. I usually pop some BCAA's right before and then drink my shake right after I'm done. I guess if I was bulking I'd be more worried about it but I've been losing weight and getting stronger so I don't have too many complaints atm. I'm sure there's validity to the keeping your workout duration reasonable, but I think its probably a little overexaggerated much like the idea of "overtraining".

RE: Oblique routines at home (Pssst)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:38:51 GMT

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

My obliques got pretty damn big doing nothing for them...i think it was the deadlifts.

I haven't seen any improvement in my obliques yet, so I dunno.

I'm starting to deadlift with proper form now, so maybe I'll see an improvement there.

EDIT: Better form, probably not proper yet

RE: Oblique routines at home (MDClifter)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:38:49 GMT

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

My obliques got pretty damn big doing nothing for them...i think it was the deadlifts.

I think it was the fact that you're a ripped machine. But ya, I dunno what Pssst's BF% is like but if you want your obliques to "really show" trimming the BF is going to do a lot more than just targeting them with ab workouts (not saying you shouldn't work them out, but getting nice and cut is what's going to show them off).

RE: Oblique routines at home (RollingStone)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:37:55 GMT

ORIGINAL: MDClifter

ORIGINAL: Pssst

I don't really wanna stick in a bunch of ab workouts at the end of my routine. Should I just do these exercises between sets of other exercises? Thanks for the input!

I dunno if it's bad or not, but my routine lasts around 55 minutes, so any extra work would be too long.

I don't buy into the whole "you have to finish your workout in less than an hour" idea. So what if your testosterone levels dip a little towards the end of your workout? That's why you do your heavy lifts first. I don't think knocking out some abs at the end of every other workout is going to hurt your gains. Between my workout, my HIIT cardio and my abs (after the cardio) I was in the gym for almost 2 hours the other night. Felt great too! I think someone else mentioned to shorten your rest periods as well. Not a bad idea, you could probably easily shave off 5 to 10 min. from doing that and that's plenty o' time to get some abs in.

not to mention your delving deeper into a catabolic state with no food or protein in you...unless your drinking a shake during the workout.

RE: Oblique routines at home (MDClifter)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:35:54 GMT

ORIGINAL: Pssst

I don't really wanna stick in a bunch of ab workouts at the end of my routine. Should I just do these exercises between sets of other exercises? Thanks for the input!

I dunno if it's bad or not, but my routine lasts around 55 minutes, so any extra work would be too long.

I don't buy into the whole "you have to finish your workout in less than an hour" idea. So what if your testosterone levels dip a little towards the end of your workout? That's why you do your heavy lifts first. I don't think knocking out some abs at the end of every other workout is going to hurt your gains. Between my workout, my HIIT cardio and my abs (after the cardio) I was in the gym for almost 2 hours the other night. Felt great too! I think someone else mentioned to shorten your rest periods as well. Not a bad idea, you could probably easily shave off 5 to 10 min. from doing that and that's plenty o' time to get some abs in.

RE: Oblique routines at home (RollingStone)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:32:41 GMT

My obliques got pretty damn big doing nothing for them...i think it was the deadlifts.

RE: Oblique routines at home (Pssst)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:50:25 GMT

ORIGINAL: rippedchick

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/WaistWt.html#anchor1944764

Lots of ideas there.

I saw that list before. Well, I tried the twisting situps today on a decline, and for some reason, I felt really sick after. I think I drank my shake 30 mins before working out. Couldn't finish the rest of my ab work because I felt bad.

Should I drink my shake earlier, or cut these out entirely?

We do have a glute/ham machine, but this lady was hogging it, and I didn't feel like asking since I felt bad anyway.

RE: Oblique routines at home (rippedchick)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:37:37 GMT

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/WaistWt.html#anchor1944764

Lots of ideas there.

RE: Oblique routines at home (Pssst)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:11:19 GMT

I'm not sure if I have a glute/ham machine or not. Could I use the one for back hypers and have the same effect?

I'm gonna shorten rest periods, but I'm gonna just put them between sets towards the end. I won't forget, haha.