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Originally Posted by Dale
Doug, i see on the new toning programme you have put up you only mention doing ab's on one day, why is this?
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Abs are like any muscle, they only really need training once per week or a maximum twice, for toning, (as you want to keep the abdominals small, which gives a smaller waist, if you do any weights for abdominals then that is going to make the muscle grow, [like a boxers abs] its like people doing weighted side bends, this exercise is going to make the waist wider by using weights, but if the waist is kept small then with back training it gives the illusion that the person is wider still and small waist) remember that the abdominals are used in many of your exercises anyway,
any high amount of crunches and knee raises is not going to give a flat stomach it is the diet
and training that gets rid of the body fat surrounding the abdominals, If you feel that you want to do more, then do them a
maximum of twice per week, i.e. Upper mon & thurs, Lower tues & fri.