how to get a bigger stomach??

[thatoneguy]

Okay cool thanks Welch.

[westside24]

You guys are talking about wieghted situps to get bigger fuller abdominal region? Well I heard thru the grapevine that considering the abs are a such a dense muscle, that its better to increase reps. I mean I dont see anything wrong with adding a little wieght, it sounds logical, but its like doing calf raises, wieght is good, but more reps and less rest between sets are better. just my opinion, just what ive experienced myself, im still an amatuer what do I know! haha

[EliteLift]

first of all, you don't need huge abdominals and lumbar spine muscles to have a very strong core. just look at any skilled gymnist on the rings and you will see what i mean. have you ever seen a powerlifter hold a perfect pike and slowly lean forward into a handstand without the feet toutching the ground ounce? probably not..

another point is if you are a geneticly thin waisted then you can only get so thick without looking fat, so my opinion is to try and make you core as strong as posible and the size will come in time.

weighted crunches are a favorit abs exercise for me as well, but I find bodyweight static holds and deadlifts to be most effective for overall core development.

good luck!

[EliteLift]

Originally Posted by westside24

You guys are talking about wieghted situps to get bigger fuller abdominal region? Well I heard thru the grapevine that considering the abs are a such a dense muscle, that its better to increase reps. I mean I dont see anything wrong with adding a little wieght, it sounds logical, but its like doing calf raises, wieght is good, but more reps and less rest between sets are better. just my opinion, just what ive experienced myself, im still an amatuer what do I know! haha

the reson for those rep ranges is because calf muscles are dominantly "slow twich muscle fibers" meaning they have lots of endurance but are anable to contract with the same amount of force a "fast twich muscles fiber" is able to. muscle density has nothing to do with rep ranges that I am aware of.

that being said you can develop diffrent fiber types using diffrent rep ranges. so their is no rule set in stone saying only high reps with calfs or abs for example. your body will adapt to what you are doing.

in the end you have to do what feels best for you, (witch will take trial and error) but i can personally say i would be missing out on a lot if i wasn't doing weighted crunches/situps once in a while, and i thnik lots of people are missing out.

[xtremetris]

Eat alot of food lol