Originally posted by jerseycat10:
Originally posted by Davo:
Step one is to ignore everything Bike2112 said



Why is that, everything he said sounded good to me? Are you some kind of export in personal fitness?

In your unsolicited diatribe, you chastise someone who obviously knows something, and then you spend 2 paragraphs saying nothing but crunch this, and crunch that. Thanks, Captain Obvious!



Yes guys why is that? What is so imaginary about VO2 max and understanding Aerobic and anaerobic thresholds in order to maximize muscle gain and fat loss. I respect guys that know more about cars than I do when they offer advice, but I would like to know your credentials in personal training and your influences to get a better understading of why you feel the way you do.

Now as someone who makes his living as a personal trainer I will point out the most obvious flaw. you said you have been doing this routine for a year. If your not changing your routines every 4-6 weeks, you are going to plateau. Plain and simple. Second, I need to know your foundational strentgh. Can you hold the plank for 45- 60 seconds This is when you lay with your body extended in natural postural position resting on your forearms with your elbow directly under your shoulders. If you cant utilize your abs to keep your spine stable then you have no business overloading them. Your abs primary job is to stabilize your spine. You will not beable to maximize strength in any part of your body if you do not have the ability to stabilize the spine. Third, I would implement some more functional exercises. While you are doing oblique crunches you don't seem to be doing any twisting exercises such as cable twists or cable wood chops. Fourth, are you working your lower back region? Make sure you are doing exercises to focus on the multifidus, erector Spinae and quadratus lumborum. you need to make sure you have 360 degree support for your spine. Feel free to PM me if you would like more insight on any of these things.

PS Not sure if you said this in your post, but how often do you work your abs? Some people think abs are some kind of special muscle that can be worked everyday. Abs are like all other muscles, when you work them you break fibers and they need time to regenerate themselves. IF you do them with that intensity which your program shows everyday, you aren't allowing them enough recovery time