If my abs ache from yesterday's ab workout, should I work them out today?

Question

If my abs are hurting from yesterday's pilates/ab workout, should I work them out again today...or should I wait a day?

Answer 1

No you shouldn't!let them rest and grow.

but try this for an ab workout...

10 situps

10 V-ups (Touch your hands to your toes, but crunch your body so that they meet midway in the air)

10 lemon squeezers (Position yourself sitting up, put hands at side, and move your torso back into a laying position while extending your legs straight ahead. Now just row your legs to a bend while crunching toward them w/ your torso, then go back to laying position. repeat process)

10 back hypers (lay on stomach, basically a reverse cruncher)

10 Leg lifts (Lay on back, lift straight legs to 45 degree angle, then bring back to ground)

30 seconds of bicycles (Lay on ground, and mimick a bicycle pedal motion w/ your legs)

10 side crunchers each side

10 regular crunchers

30 seconds of flutter kicks (Lay on back, keep both legs straight. Lift them up bairly, now alternate between raising each leg a little bit and brining it back down. This one is tought at first, but after a week it will be easy. Try to think of being a swimmer while doing this one)

10 kick ups (Lay down, bring knees up toward chest, then kick legs upward to become straight in the air.)

10 side double leg lifts (Hard to explain, basically lay on side, and lift both legs simultaneously as high as you can. Will feel weird at first)

10 Forward Rows (Way too hard to explain, google it)

10 Russian Twists (Google it)

10 Scissor Kicks (Lay on back, spread leags apart in air, bring them back to center with one leg above the other, then alternate to mimick a scissor kicking action)

Finish with a bridge for however long you think you can do it.

Once this routine becomes easy, don't up the reps, just do the whole routine twice. (Left a few out for explanation's sake)

Then also do your run at night. Cut excessive fat out of your diet, but you can have a little still.

Do it and you will have some abs.

Answer 2

I do a bit of abs almost every day.  If I'm sore from the previous day, I just do a little less that day.  If you're really really really sore, you might have overdone it a bit yesterday, and take it easy today.

Answer 3

Wait a day or even two. And eat a lot of protein like fish and chicken during those two days of rest, then the muscles will build up and be ready to get bigger for the next work out!

Answer 4

u should only work them once a week...twice max but lik monday and thursday if u do lol

but id wait till monday...abs are a lik any other muscle...they need rest

edit

these people are complete idiots...like wtf? you really want this person to overtrain? by giving her false information

btw just saying

you should def do weighted exercises...they work better and have your reps from 12-15 per SET struggling on the last reps and not able to do the last rep

whether its 12 or 15 doesnt matter you just cannot do it

then rest 2 minutes and do it again 6-9 sets max

but you should have 3-4 exercises in with it to...so that 6-9 sets must be divided equally like

exercise 1-3 sets

#2-3 sets

#3-2 sets

#4-1 set

so yah...id tell you the exercises but im  about to go to bed so...yeah...and youll prob pick someone else as best answer so id be wasting my time anyways

Answer 5

work them today

Answer 6

ice

light stretch

light ice

stretch

workout

Answer 7

If it hurts that means this is the first time that you are doing ab workout or that you have not done neough stretching.

No problem, you can work out today also if you like to. But start off with about 3 minutes of effective stretching, and do the neccesarry amount of Ab work out, no problem

Answer 8

I would give them some stretches and focus on another group of muscles or do some cardio. If you really feel like doing some abs keep them light, but I'd say give them a day to rest and maybe get back to them tomorrow.  

Answer 9

When I took a fitness class in college (about 2 years ago) the professor said the best thing to do is alternate workouts. Like do strength training one day and cardio the next day, or arms one day and abs the next, etc. She thought it was bad to do 2 days in a row of the same workout.