Ultimate ABs
Ultimate ABs |
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| Lucian's quest for washboard ABs |
Well-defined abdominal muscles improve health, reduce back-pain and attract women. When they get strong enough they can move objects by telekenesis and you can do your washing on them. Apparently. For the past eighteen months along with James, friend and gym partner, I have been pursuing Ultimate AB Wisdom. (Maybe when his ABs get good enough he'll get a web page for them as well!) Why do we always spell ABs with a capital B? Because of this fantastic book...
Kurt Brungardt has written the definitive book on abdominal exercise. It's called The Complete Book of ABs and is available from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. Buy it!
ABs screen saver (741k) - two storm troopers do their crunches in
this motivational screen saver. Hardest workout to date:
34,231 reps. Witness the awesome destructive power of my ABs. Click on the
screen saver icon to download it. For Windows.
Significant gains since March 2000. Finally made it to Level 3: Washboard ABs. "Striving for the more chiseled look".
Level 3: Washboard ABs | ||||
| Week 1, days 1,2,3 and 4 | ||||
| Isometric Seated Leg Raises | 2 sets | 20 reps | 30s rest | (10s contraction) |
| Oblique Crunches | 2 | 20 | 30s | |
| Cable Crunches | 2 | 20 | 30s | (Come up to 45 degrees. Drive elbows to knees) |
| Incline Leg Raises | 2 | 15 | 30s | (Legs from horizontal to vertical) |
| Side Bends | 2 | 20 | 30s | (Stand up, tilt) |
| Chrunches: Knees Up | 2 | 20 | 30s | (Add 10s isometric hold after last rep of each set) |
| Include Reverse Crunches | 2 | 15 | 30s | (Start in knees-up position) |
| Incline Side Leg Raises | 2 | 15 | 30s | (Just raise single leg as high as it goes without moving hip) |
| Crunches: Legs Straight Out | 2 | 20 | 30s | (Don't lock knees) |
All right, I admit it... the abs at the top of the page belong not to me but to Kurt Brungardt, author of The Complete Book of Abs. But it sure is a good motivational picture! Here is some of Brungardt's AB wisdom: (We've never figured out why he capitalises the 'B' in AB)
Brungardt on AB existentialism...
As with everthing else in life, at some point you will be left along to face the truth about your ABs. But have no fear—you won't fall into the ABs abyss. Chapter 17, "Creating Your Own Routine," will guide you safely through this existential experience!
Brungardt on pain...
You will learn to thrive on this feeling and may even come to regard it as pleasure.
Brungardt on concentration...
The mind-muscle link is a bridge between your mind and the area you are exercising, which enables your mind and body to work together for a desired result. Metaphorically, it is putting your mind in your muscle.
Brungardt on sensuality...
Indulge in the sensual side of working out, feel your body move, feel every muscle fiber contract and expand. Get into it, use your imagination, fantasize.
Brungardt on diet...
As you sit and read this web-page, the calories you are using are slightly more than half fat, and the rest are mostly carbohydrate. Of course, you aren't burning very much of either one, which is why the Surf the Net and Lose Weight Diet was never a success.