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Originally Posted by DMBand520
This. Your ab routine has very little to do with how well your abs show. Its all about low body fat. Try some alternative cardio like interval training. Reevaluate your diet. Try carb cycling (basically medium to high carbs on your lifting days and low to no carbs on non lifting days. its a little more complicated than that but you can google it to learn more.)
Also having more muscle will make you burn more fat even at a resting state. Maybe you should spend 4-6 months putting on a few lbs of muscle then trying to cut some fat and see if you get better results. If you've been dieting for a year this might be the best approach b/c your body has adapted to reduced calories so it may help to get your metabolism used to consuming more again for a few months and then going back to your current diet. Just make sure you lift hard and consistently while still allow enough days a week for rest so most of the weight gain you get will be muscle.
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Man, I think I've tried it all.
Earlier this year i started doing steady state cardio - running about 20-30 miles a week. The weather got too hot and humid so I had to quit running outside unless I wanted to go when it was dark (which I didn't).
I've been going to the gym religiously for 10 months now and have changed up my routines 3 times since. I've packed on as much muscle as I could without gaining too much weight. The only part of me that is not muscle is my lower abs. It's not like I'm fat... I have a 32" waist, but getting that part of me in shape has been nothing short of frustrating.
Right now I'm doing 40 minutes on the treadmill twice a week. Here's my routine (
0-5 minutes: warm up (6.0 - 7.0 mph)
5-10 minutes: extended warm up (8.0 - 8.5 mph)
10 - 20 minutes: Sprint at 9.0 to 9.5 mph for 1 minute followed by 1 minute rest of jogging at 6.5 to 7.0 mph.
20-25 minutes: Sprint at 9.5 to 10 mph for 1 minute followed by 1 minute rest of jogging at 6.0 to 6.5 mph
25 to 27.5 minutes: Sprint at 9.5 to 10 mph
27.5 to 30 minutes: Rest (jog at 6.0 mph)
30 to 31 minutes: 7.0 mph
31 to 32 minutes: 8.0 mph
32 to 33 minutes: 9.0 mph
33 to 34 minutes: 8.0 mph
34 to 35 minutes: 7.0 mph
36 to 40 minutes: Cool down (6.0 mph or below).