What are the best exercises to use to build up muscles in the abs, arms, and pecs?

OK here we go:

Weight Training:

If you are new to it, start out small and build up.

Don't be antimidated by the macho guys pumping iron at the gym. You have a right to be there too.

Ok to get started: Run about a half mile at a jog or just above a jog pace. After this find a place to stretch a bit: legs, back, torso, arms. Just easy stretches. Hold for about 20 seconds.

So now you are ready.

I know you said for arms abs and pecs, but it is important to have a balanced body otherwise you will look like a top-heavy freak.

So--For a balanced body:

This is my regimine, im 2 years into HS weightlifitng and at the gym i have put on 35 lbs of pure muscle and my football coach is very happy. i went from 165 to 198 from begining of last school year to now.

When i say 8/6/4, i mean a set of 8, then a set of 6, then a set of 4. Every lift is 8/6/4 then another 8/6/4 and the a faliure set (where you add 10 lbs to each side and rep it as many times as possilbe).

MONDAY: Chest: Benchpress, chest flys, decline press

Tri's: Bench, Tri-extension (stabbing motion),

rope weights ( like a pull down towards you).

Ab's: Sit-ups, medicine ball crossovers,

decline situps with a weight.

Calf's: Toe raises

Tuesday: Biceps: curls, lat pulldowns, dumbell curls

Back: reverse sit up( lean over a ledge and raise

your top half up), Lat pull down.

Quads: Squats, leg press, lunges

Hami: Deadlifts

Wednesday: Rest up, Walk 2 miles, Hydrate and rest up.

Thursday: All of Mon and Tues workout put togethers, but not

as hard. No Faliure Sets.

Friday: Rest up, Walk 2 miles, hydrate

Sat or Sunday: Do either another Monday or Tuesday workout: whichever you need to improve on more. If even, alternate from week to week.

You can make a excel sheet with all of these for mon, tues, thurs, and weekend.

Drink lots of water (or diluted gatorade w/ 1/2 and 1/2 or G2 ) and hydrate at night and after the workout as well. After workout have 2 bottles of water and a large muscle milk ( will help protien sysnthesis in regrowing muscle fibers).

Cut Back on your carbs as well. you need about 100 max for workout days and 50 for rest days.

To get the new muscle to show, 45 min of cardio of anyknid will help shed belly fat to show your new six pack.

For athletes, adding extra conditioning in the offseason by running or even sprints to keep up the fast twitch muscle fibers.

If you are considering suplements, don't buy everything under the sun. Start out with a whey protien supplement. Have that enough times a day to get the amount of protein in grams you have a day to equal your body weight or more. For example if you weigh 150 lbs, and you normally eat 50 grams of protien a day from regular food, you need to add about 100 grams, or about 3 servings of the whey. Best whey is by muscle milk.

Incorperate music into your workout and have fun!!!!

Good luck buddy!!

See my source for the best exercises to use to build up muscles in the abs, arms, and pecs Without using any extra equipment

I would say for abs, lots of crunches or sit ups i try around 400 a night. And for your arms push ups, and for the pecs, just push ups, and dips.

arms is pullups and reps with dumbells, abs is leglifts or crunches. if u do crunches do not place hands behind your head!!!! it cause lower back problems. For ur pecs pushups, but pecs are the hardest thing to buff up.

pushups are a great way to strengthen all those muscles. Sometimes doing many of them will hurt your wrists so I would get the Perfect PushUp. It allows easier movement and relieves the wrists from pressure. It is also proven to work better. You can get them at walmart for about $20.

Abs: If you're young and lean, just do SIT-UPS. Crunches are for people that can't handle sit-ups.

Arms & pecs: DIAMOND PUSH-UPS (hands together on the ground in a diamond shape with your fingers).

Arms: CHAIR DIPS.

Biceps: CHIN-UPS (palms facing you).

Honestly simply do push-ups and situps. i know you'll see those commercial for like 30 min abs and stuff that say reg sit-ups are bad for you cause of the strain but they're just saying that to sell their product. if you dont put your body through any strain it wouldnt be exercise.

Lift a suit case filled with $100 bills. Its a great incentive!

If you don't want to work for it you won't achieve a thing!

abs: I would do a hundred crunches every night. try making it harder for yourself by holding your legs up in the air, etc.

arms: pushups...

push ups or dips...those two will accomplish the task