I swear im cb obssessed all of a sudden >.< anyway, whats the fastest way to get abs without machines? I've been doing 50 crunches a day for the past...2 weeks and nothing happens. Same weight (116) and I have't grown taller (5'4/5'5) so...any tips? I wanna look really good cause...cause I want to and I can't go to the gym cause my parents are unbelievably paranoid that I'm going to get kidnapped. I was plannign to use the weight room in the school but tommorrow is the last day so i'm a little late. Plus, summer + beach = durrrrr i wanna look good! Haha...thanks for the tips

Wow... it seems like every new post i am looking at is written by you... and I guess me since i am responding to them... -__-

anyway....
hm... i dunno... one summer i did like 200 crunches a day everyday... haha. that cut a lot of fat i think but now... i just do like 100 or so every other day. Oh and when you do them... do them slooowwwww so it hurts like crazy afterward. haha. I do like 5 sets of 20 with 1 minute rest in between... but i dunno... that is just my routine... oh and watch what you eat also...

lol, i have nothign else to do except be online. i got out of school early cause i only had one final today....and DAMN...200...my litto stomach mite not be able to take that much. When I do it, i only go half way up cause I heard it helps...what i eat...hm....rice all day...lol typical chinese food ^_^...and i think im good with food cause i havent gained any weight this year for some odd reason...

crunches are great for developing strong, toned abs. all you have to do is slowly increase the number of repetitions and sets as you get better with time. it's not something that happens overnight.. you have to constantly work at it. i started out doing 200 crunches a day. now i do at least 1000 a day. i balance it out of course. i don't do it all in one sitting. and it also helps to eat healthy. nothing too fattening to add on your tummy.. you want nothing but muscle to show. good luck =]

*points*....stalker...haha its all good...thanks for the advice...but damn i do feel scrawny now...200 crunches? >.<

hahahaha.. yea i just realized that a lot of the posts i was responding too were ones you created hahaha.. i just comment on anything i see open and interesting to talk about haha.. you're not scrawny .. for many it's hard to gain the weight and look bigger. my brother is madddd skinny.. no matter what he does he stays that way .. he'll eat like a pig and it doesn't help either. but what i had him do was to increase the meat and carbs he eats to gain the weight -- over winter is really good too because your body naturally retains a lot more fat as if you were going to go into hibernation. and in the springtime he can work all that fat into muscle weight when it gets warmer.. that's for bulking up if you feel really small and you want to look bigger hehe. and yes i used to do 200 crunches a day which wasn't too much. and after about a month or so i was able to comfortably do 1000+ crunches .. you have to be dedicated and do it everyday though. once you lose it you can lose the definition in your abs again.

o,o ur bro is lucky to have a sis like uuu...my bro is...so very cruel and he's getting married >.< woah i should be studying for my last final tommorrow >.<

time for me to go...byeee ppl and thnx for teh advice ^.^! so much better then the people i talk to...haha...well see ya around cb...and if u wanna chat w/ me my email is lch0pst1xl@yahoo.com and my AIM is my s/n for this

awww haha thank you =] .. i'm sure you'll one day develop a strong bond with your brother. he may be at a different level than you if he's getting married so there must be quite some age difference. give that time .. study for your last final .. good luck! nice talking to you .. take care .. by the way, i'm candy lol .. bye bye

Aerobics help (running + jumping jacks and such).

After about 2 weeks of doing running every other night and some push-ups/crunches, i've noticed some slimness/definition.

Just remember that fat doesn't just come in a single day, and it sure as hell wont leave as quickly either.

**brag brag: in the right kind of lighting, it looks like I have some sort of a 6-pack coming in.

ummmm working out at a early age will STOP you from growing. SERIOUS >_____<"

guys with abs are yummm im workin on my abs too and when i do crunches, i lift my feet off the ground. see if your legs are high (for example, straight up in the air) then that'll work your upper abs. if they're low (inches off the ground) that'll work your lower abs. so far they've been workin for me. i've got a 4 pack! good luck

crunches on some angled bench for upper and reverse crunches for lower; do sets and every other day

and swimming tones all-around

for reall what if am a 15 year old guy would i stop growing because i work out alot omg if its true i shouldnt work out ne more

and one question when do guys normaly start to have abs?

when you start doing something for it i guess

well,doing that much a day is good, but everyday is bad, ur supposed to allow ur muscle to rest, enabling it to grow, guys dont work out everysingle day, your body needs, rest, and may i suggest protein, that stuff works very well. Trust me, i go to the gym

i love going to the gym, it keeps me in shape and makes me feel great about my self, not to mention being more built than the other guys at school... hehe.. i tend to brag a little sumtimes..

No offence 177emories but thats not true... its just a myth that has been proven to be wrongo!

you can work out to stay toned .. you can never be too young for that .. however .. doing heavy weight lifting and such will definitely stunt your growth .. you have to wait to do things like that AFTER you've reached your maximum height and won't grow any further from there .. so be careful !!

some guys naturally have the abs at a very young age .. it's more of a matter of keeping it up .. staying toned and exercising to keep fit ..

really? well i dont lift weights...i do the 10 pound...aw crap i forgot the name of them....the 10 pound hand things...my stomach hurts...damn u kno how hard it is to do 200 crunches? >.< i think im gonna do it every other day...the burn feeling is to for me to do it ^_^

it's been a long time since I did crunches 4 PE. Left on my own, I'd never do em. I jus dance ballet a lot. It's a good workout.

if u want abs, doing crunches for hours don't help. Doing 50 crunches over and over and over and over won't get you abs. There is a secret to getting a good body and most ppl don't kno it. The best way in my opinion to get abs is to run a mile everyday for a month. This will burn the fat covering yours abs, losing the fat will accent out the muscle. Eating correctly helps to, no junk food or pure fat. Doing 3 sets of 40-50 crunches a night and eating correctly, and burning fat will give u abs in no time. Make sure u stretch before exercising too.

start eating healthy and never eat after 8 pm.

UGH, some of you I'm sorry to say know nothing about nutriition or working out, no offense

just to assure my credentials, I am a senior health and fitness major at Purdue University, and compete in the North American Strongman Society. I have twice qualified for strongman nationals.


anyway, onto the topic

1) eating after 8pm wont make you fat. There isn't a set time to quit eating. The best thing to do is to limit carbs within 3 hours of bed. Immediately before bed however, especially if you workout, you WANT to eat a slow-digesting casein protein source and a few carbs to help deliver the protein. The best way to do this is cottage cheese, or milk, with a small bit of oatmeal.

2) doing hundreds of crunches every day will ONLY give you abs with endurance. Abs are a muscle just like any other and are to be worked the same. Work them in sets of 8-15 reps. When that gets too easy, find new ab exercises and add weight resistance. If you go over 15-20 reps, you are working ENDURANCE. Also, they need 72 hours between workouts just like any other muscle, so quit doing them every day.

3) LIFTING WEIGHTS AT A YOUNG AGE WILL NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT! STUNT YOUR GROWTH. This is an ignorant myth perpetuated by people who have NO idea what they are talking about. the ONLY way to stunt growth is to injure a growth plate at a young age. Weightlifting in young teens/pre-teens will help place stress on the bone which will in truth help it develop stronger and denser.


feel free to ask any other questions.

the attached pic is me locking out a 630lb Conan's Wheel in training earlier this year. My last contest was May 1 in Ohio and I finished 2nd in my class, and won the Conan's Wheel, beating everyone in every class except 1 person.

i was always wondering about this technique i heard from other guys and wanted to know if it was true or not. If you usually eat 3 big meal a day, and u switch to eating 6 small meals in a day, is it actually better for a workout routine?

and i was wondering if you take those protein supplements or creatine?

yeah, 6 meals a day is much better than 3. For your body to have ample protein supply and positive nitrogen balance, its better to take in protein/have a meal every 3 hours or so. Also by having 6 meals a day instead of 3, you keep your metabolism higher due to the body constantly burning fuel, which will allow you to keep weight off easier.


I take protein supplements, joint compounds, and eat about 5300calories per day at the moment. I have taken creatine inthe past however not at the moment.