15 minute workout

[america]

Jun 5, 2012 22:09:21 GMT -5 Sketch said:

This workout doesn't need to be the same each day, and as its only going to be around 15 minutes each day, i'd recommend you change it every day so that one is arms, next legs, back, abs and so on.
Anyway, i searched the internet for an ab workout that really worked, and i've tried hundreds, no joke, but a lot of them i just didnt feel the burn or seen any results. BUT, this one here,



has been working really well for me lately and i'd recommend you do it as one of your morning workouts. At first, it may take you more than 15 minutes, but i could get through it in about 15 after using it occasionally after a couple of weeks

-Sketch

When he says add 2 to 3 reps, does he mean do this workout 2 to 3 times a day or as in do like 17 or 18 reps per exercise for one workout session?

[Sketch]

reps is how many times you do the action. So 17-18 reps per excercise

-Sketch

[america]

Does he have a more advanced program than that? It really doesn't seem like you're doing a whole lot with just 1 set. I did 2 and didn't feel like I was gonna die and I probably don't have the strongest ab muscles in the world...

[Sketch]

america, you're probably not doing the right technique. I showed this to one of my ripped friends, he struggled with it.
I only have a 30 second break between every 2 excercises so your abs barely get a rest until you're done with one set. 2 minutes, then onto the next set.
If you're still finding it too easy, add some weights to your routine

-Sketch

[jae]

Don't add weights to ab stuff like that, it just exacerbates the problem. Look on gymnastics bodies forums for some hard ab workouts. Scaling shouldn't just be adding weights to mediocre exercises performed in high reps, you wouldn't do that for legs or arms so don't for abs.

[Sketch]

so your saying you don't add weight to legs and arm exercises...right...I see your point, but he was asking about these ones. Adding weights to ab excercises isnt pointless like you make it out to be, i've seen huge gains in my abs lately from adding weights to some of my ab exercises

-Sketch

[jae]

No, because leg and arm exercises don't usually exert huge amounts of pressure on the spine. Adding weight to them is dangerous. More likely to cause injury and even if it doesn't, more likely to misalign the spine because every single exercise in that workout is a crunch variation and works just the abs and obliques. Your body has a whole back side which is usually weaker than the front, why would you not work that?

[Sketch]

At no one point do I say i don't work my back. I have other excercises for those. But they take longer than 15 minutes. The ab exercises i linked take just about 15 minutes or more which is what the OP was asking for so its a good little routine for him to use if he doesn't have loads of time

-Sketch

[america]

No I definitely feel it. It hurts like a bitch. I just don't feel sore the next day like I have with certain other ab exercises. I thought the soreness meant you tore the microfibers in the muscles properly to make them grow.

[RMO]

That's part of it.

[NorwegianDJ]

Soreness =/= growth