DON’T OVERWORK YOUR ABS! A lot of people hit their abs every time they hit the gym. That’s why so few of them have six-packs, or why it takes so long to see progress. Your abs are like any other muscle group, they too need rest in order to respond/develop. The same rule of muscle building applies; don’t overwork them either. Train them every other day, or 3 days a week.

I often hear a person say they can do 100 sit-ups or crunches non-stop. Well, if you are doing that many, then you are doing them wrong. Try ISOLATION, also, try holding a medicine ball on your chest. One of the best set abs I ever saw was on my wife Renene, she had a 6 pack that was super deep. She kept her ab training very simple & very basic.

Renene would usually do…
Decline Sit-ups with a 45 lb plate on her chest:  3 sets x 25-30 reps.
Hanging Leg Raise Crunches: 3 sets x 12-15 reps. (sometimes she would tie weight to her feet)
Bench Knee-ins: 3 sets x 15-20 reps.

Every so often she would get on an ab crunch machine & crank up the pounds to super heavy & rep it out. Once in a while she would tie a dumbbell to her sneakers & do floor knee-ins, or grab the cable cross over & do super heavy crunches on her knees. She developed her abs way before the stabilizer ball was around. If you are ever want her to demonstrate, she would be glad to give you an ab lesson.