If you do ab exercises without warming up or as part of a work out do they help or not?

[999freakshow]

As already said, if you do ab exercises without warming up, without them being part of your work out, do they help or is it wasted effort?

My arms and legs and body as a whole is getting more and more toned and I love the progress I have made, but my stomach has always been with a little extra on. I do my work outs regularly, they include my necessary amount of cardio and av exercises.

However I"m thinking of doing ab exercises every day. but I"m not sure if it will help :D

[kirstentaylorc]

I do ab workouts 3x a week. It's going to help strengthen your core and when you are able to lose that 'little extra,' your abs will become visible. Since you don't have much weight to lose, I'd say it's beneficial.

[beerY33]

Umm yeah, I think so..

[RikkiTikkiTavi]

Warming up helps with stretching out your muscles to get the most out of your workout and prevent some injuries.

You should do abs every "OTHER" day to get the most out of your ab workout.

[Anonymous]

It's good to warm up, but the worst not doing it will do is just leave you more sore afterwards.