I work out 7 days a week. I alternate flat bench presses with incline bench presses. Is this wrong?

Question

I also alternate abdominal crunches with incline situps. This is better than doing the same thing everyday right??

Answer 1

It is good to alternate from time to time otherwise you muscles will get used to one exercise and you will hit a plateau. Flat bench press works you pecs as a whole, while incline focuses more on the upper fibers of you pecs.

Incline sit ups target more of you lower abdominals because it forces you to contract your abs as a whole rather than the traditional crunch which typically works your upper fibers. Try working your abs by flexing up your knees while hanging from a chin up bar. This will force your spine to flex from bottom up rather than top down, focusing more on you lower ab fibers.

Answer 2

Here is what you need to do, if you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off. Eat 6 small meals a day about every 4 hours. Here what that will do for you, your metabolism will increase (i.e. Loose weight) and you will have more engry. If you go on a diet and eat less, your metabolism will slow down and store to fat. That is why diets dont work. Only the size of your fist, carbs (examples:baked potato, pasta, oatmeal, beans, corn, melon, apples, fat free yogurt, whole wheat breads)in one and protien (examples:chicken breast, swordfish, shrimp, turkey breast) in the other. You can also eat vegetables and salads with any meal, they dont have none or little fat). 30min cardo exercise every day. Any of these(examples: walking, jogging, swimming,running, biking, ect), Monday cardo, tues upper body (arms: curls, tricep extensions,pull ups, front press)(abdominals: leg pull crunch, leg raises), (chest: bench press, butterfly, pullover)(shoulders: front press, arm pullover, cross county skier machine)(back:seated row, lat pull downs, back extension)(YOU DONT HAVE TO DO IN ONE DAY, mix it up) wed cardo, thurs lower body (legs: leg pull,leg press, squats, lounges) fri cardo, sat upper. Sunday eat anything you want and dont exercising, you do this on sunday so your body doesnt go into starvation mode. YOU NEED TO TAKE SUNDAY OFF. If you stilck with this you will have a great body. also drink aleast 8oz of water daily! Stay away from Mcdonals, Wendys, ect because there is nothing good for you on the menu's even the salads are bad (beaon bits, cheeze, dressing, ect) Good Luck :)

Answer 3

you shouldn't be working the same muscle groups each day as the muscles need time to recover

flat and incline presses are basically the same thing, as are crunches and incline situps

try alternating chest and abs

Answer 4

yes its wrong, you do not have to work out 7 day out of a week for your packs you need only 4 days out a week. what is really recommended is to work out only 6 days and rest 1 day. Its not going to make a difference if you work out 7 days out of a week or 6 but you nead 1 day to rebuilt. you can rebuilt over night but its really short time. unless you are using a No2 or any kind of nitrous