Obliques heavy or light wt? - MESO-Rx

sportsclub · #1 (**permalink**) 10-25-2008, 12:59 PM

I have always loved Pink's abdomin and have wondered how her obliques were so prominate without her being super lean. From this pic you can clearly see her obliques and she is not super low in bodyfat--look at the quads. So which is best for obliques heavy wt low reps or vise versa? Thanks all.

LifeSize · #2 (**permalink**) 10-27-2008, 06:20 PM

pink's a hottie. i love that figure on a woman.. lol.. anyway.. my obliques show over my belly.. i think it has to do with genetics.. my ab muscles just protrude a lot..

i do hyper extensions and side bends with a 45lb plate. Keeping my reps at 10-16..other than this once a week I do squats, deads, lunges, strict rows, all of which help my core do what it does best, stabilize and support.

sportsclub · #3 (**permalink**) 10-28-2008, 12:35 PM

Thanks for the reply...yeah she is hot. Looks amazing in her new video too. No matter how much I try to get my core to grow it just gets tighter with no bulk. I prefer the strong muscular look to the skinny mini abs. Probably one of the girls that do. I am going to see how using moderate weight works with high reps..post a pic of your abs for us...

LifeSize · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by sportsclub

Thanks for the reply...yeah she is hot. Looks amazing in her new video too. No matter how much I try to get my core to grow it just gets tighter with no bulk. I prefer the strong muscular look to the skinny mini abs. Probably one of the girls that do. I am going to see how using moderate weight works with high reps..post a pic of your abs for us...

well your genetics play a big role in the shape of your muscle, your muscle bellies shape can't be altered...unless you synthol but that would be ludicrous.. I know squatting with a wide stance ass to the ground with a controlled tempo like 4/2/1 forces me to hold more air in my diaphragm...same as when I leg press..don't know how much mechanics > genetics plays a role.. you look great though, so keep at what you're doing.

you're new here..

life doesn't post pictures..(pounds chest like tarzan)

bleh..i have 'issues' and tattoo's that associate me to those 'issues'..

Have a Nice Day!

sportsclub · #5 (**permalink**) 10-29-2008, 11:33 PM

If you have tattoos on your abs I HAVE to see them. Such a tease. Thanks alot.

But fine be that way if you must.

PS I hope you know that I am kidding...well not completely

lovevixen · #6 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 06:17 PM

Treat them like any other muscle go heavy keep reps low and use as much weight as you can. This will make them strong and hard but will not make that very large very quickly. If you with higher rep plans you might enlarge them more then you want to. If they get too large and thick the first time you get any abdominal fat on them it will make them look like massive love handles.

I used to do 5 sets of 40 reps in H.S. and I worked up to 180lbs. dumbell over the course of 4 years of H.S. and I had an old guy come up to me at the gym and told me what I told you. "You do not want to over develop those Olbiques son becasue if you ever get fat as you get older it will look like you have huge love handles". He was right on track too. While it was great for Football,Wrestling and Shot put and Discus as I got older if I had any excess fat at all it made me look really fat.

They say hind sight is 20/20 so now when I train them which is rare I do one light set and one work set. I use a barbell and olympic plates and load it up so I can only get 3-5 working reps in before I fail and I call it good. By keeping the reps so low and so heavy I almost gurantee that I will not add any mass to them but they stay super strong which is all I want!

So do your regular core work and then try this for a two months. Take a light weight dumbbell say 5lbs. hold it over head with your arms locked out both arms not one. Now sway like a tree sways inthe wind side to side. Try to bend tot he right as far as you can with out bending back wards or forward and with out your feet comeing up off the ground. Strat with one set of how ever many reps you can get in. You will not fell it much at the time but tomorrow you will be modestly sore. This is called the "Saxon Side Bend" men in medevil times would hold a heavy sord or battle ax over their head and sway back and forth to build up their "flanks" as they called them back then. It work really well to strength the area you are interested in by design it encourages you to use a heavier weight over more sets and reps. Youwould have to be a gluten for self punishment to do more then three heavy sets!

I want to add that it has a high static componet your core will be working over time on this one. It is great becasue if you like Yoga or Tai-Chi postures you will find that this has a simalar static element that carries over to real life sports much more then conventional side bends!