A Serious Question About Abs - I Appear To Have the Genetics

You can get the 300 workouts online, not sure if they are legit though. Maybe someone else knows if they are real.

With the size of the swelled head you must have just basic sit-ups should provide a weight workout for your abs.

I believe Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino has some ab workout stuff that might help you.

SMJO wrote:

With the size of the swelled head you must have just basic sit-ups should provide a weight workout for your abs.

Thanks for your contribution, I appreciate your candor.

SMJO wrote:

With the size of the swelled head you must have just basic sit-ups should provide a weight workout for your abs.

...says the fat guy who is angry that he is sad and alone.

Before someone inevitably provides a link to some bogus "300 workout" I'll post this http://www.gymjones.com/knowledge.php?id=35 That is the website of the gym that trained the 300 actors.

I just turned 50 and have ridiculous abs - you can ask me what I do.

The New Uncle B wrote:

Lose 30 pounds. You'll see lots of muscles you haven't seen in years. It's not that complicated.

I don't want/need to lose weight. I want to increase the size of my ab muscles. I want warrior abs, not concentration camp abs.

Stop running and follow the weight training principles described at www.renaissanceexercise.com and www.bodybyscience.net. Trust me, nobody looks good at 150. You are underweight and need to gain some muscle mass.

Great post, and good for the OP to do something positive for his body. Ignore the slovenly and jealous types, and set your goal high! Now, on to the task at hand: obviously, the abdominal muscles can be made bigger like any other muscle. However, they are further accentuated (enough to see the striations) by cardio work (on an empty stomach, done usually in the AM) and a "clean" diet. Remember that the collective abs are actually made up of 3 individual muscle groups: internal oblique, external oblique, and rectus abdominus. I have purposefully omitted the transversalis because it is essentially covered by the obliques. So, clean diet makes up the vast effect on appearance...followed by more loss of body fat from cardio...followed by ab exercises (crunches, oblique twists, hanging raises, mountain climbers, etc). As alluded, gymjones was the place that trained the 300 guys. The owner there is incredibly intense, and really hit them hard. Having spoken with him on their training, the "300 workout" that you will see on the net was just a benchmark test. Further, in addition to the workouts done in the gym during their 3 months of training, the 309 guys also had hours of sword/battle training. Certainly, the physiques were enhanced in the movie utilizing technology, but be assured they were all super fit and well trained. As a typical letsrunner, I have a sneaking suspicion that king leonidas also supplemented his physique pharmaceutically, as he worked with a pro bodybuilder for the last bit.

Ab implants.

Any guy with great abs past the age of 30 will be considered gay to 99 percent of the population.

get the T-Core bro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL20poOfb8o

There are a 100 books on how to get ripped. Read a couple, learn the basics and then start asking questions.

Lifting weights is just a part of it.

Are you willing to commit to changing your whole lifestyle, not just for a few weeks, or for a few months, but for years and possibly the rest of your life?

31 is nothing. I was a sad sack of fat at 44 and a ripped piece of steel by 50.

(That may be an exaggeration but I'm making a point).

Great job at changing your life, man. This crap about being seen as gay if you're shredded after age 30 is far from the case. Who wants to be the typical out of shape, doughy has been?

I appreciate the responses that provide decent information. I am a pretty healthy guy. I eat well and run quite a bit.

I am not worried about people thinking I am gay. I am pretty secure in my sexuality and have a happy marriage. I just want to look like Leonidas (maybe not as big, but ab-wise, at least).

I am going to add some medicine ball slams, mountain climbers and floor wipers to my ab routine and try to work out more in the AM prior to eating.

I have been reading a lot about the training these guys did. Intense stuff, I would love to be a part of that kind of a group. Reminds me of college.

The only people so obsessed with their abs are women.

Aghast wrote:

The only people so obsessed with their abs are women.

Keep telling yourself that, Tubby.