Still losing

[DinbinFanfoom]

173 tonight, after dinner. Not really sure WHERE my ideal weight, but I'm guessing about 165 ish. I'd REALLY like to find my abs. There here... somewhere...

[Crim]

173 tonight, after dinner. Not really sure WHERE my ideal weight, but I'm guessing about 165 ish. I'd REALLY like to find my abs. There here... somewhere...
Lots of optimal weight calculators on the net. Here's one: http://www.hooah4health.com/4You/obw.htm

[kullen]

173 tonight, after dinner. Not really sure WHERE my ideal weight, but I'm guessing about 165 ish. I'd REALLY like to find my abs. There here... somewhere...

About a month ago I started adding crunches to my nightly cardio workout. I'm up to 200 crunches a night. Over the past two weeks I've started seeing definition in the upper abs. Still nothing in the lower abs but its tightened up. Maybe another month :D

And weight isn't everything. I'm nearly 200, but my body fat isn't that high. If you do regular weight training. Expect your weight to be higher then the nominal chart. It doesn't mean you're unhealthy. As long as your body fat is low, you're doing good.

[DinbinFanfoom]

About a month ago I started adding crunches to my nightly cardio workout. I'm up to 200 crunches a night. Over the past two weeks I've started seeing definition in the upper abs. Still nothing in the lower abs but its tightened up. Maybe another month :D
Hmmm, I'm doing crunches, but likely I should add more of em to my midbody workout...
And weight isn't everything. I'm nearly 200, but my body fat isn't that high. If you do regular weight training. Expect your weight to be higher then the nominal chart. It doesn't mean you're unhealthy. As long as your body fat is low, you're doing good.
That's the aim. I'm not TRYING to lose weight, but I'm still slowly losing a pound or so a week, which I think will level out soon, and perhaps reverse a bit. I'm aiming for lower body fat really. I'm currently at 171 or so, but definition is noticeably better.

[Shiz]

Normal crunches are not likely to help define lower abs much. To isolate those, lie flat on your back like a crunch, but bring your knees up towards your face more than your chest out towards your knees.

[kullen]

Another thing you can do for lower abs. If you have a workout ball. Set up with your hands as far out from the center of the ball as possible in a pushup position. Place the ball close to the wall. Complete a pushup, roll the ball to the wall and back without moving your feet. This should also tone your sides as it works balance and core. As you get better, you can try to add distance from the wall.

[DinbinFanfoom]

Normal crunches are not likely to help define lower abs much. To isolate those, lie flat on your back like a crunch, but bring your knees up towards your face more than your chest out towards your knees.
My midbody routine involves a variation of those, but while lying on my back on a bench, with my legs suspended from the butt down. That way you're never "resting" as you have to hold your legs up all the time. The problem with my lower abs at this point is that that is where the last bastion of significant body fat has fortified itself. ("The first place you gain is the last place you lose...") Not a problem though, still doing cardio 3-4 sessions of 30-40 mins of fast walking/jogging each week). I'm also doing back flexes (suspended upper body off of bench, lowering face to floor and then up arching back slightly... more effort than simply doing them on the floor). I really want to do a bit more back work though... thinking of getting a bench with a lat pull down bar. I'm doing upright rows and one-arm rows too, but it's pretty hard to isolate lat's with free weights without being upside down or something... :P My upper body workout involves a bit of back work in the form of lateral raises, though.

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http://www.netfit.co.uk/abdominals-web-site.htm