Originally Posted by
hsuBM
“Cycling”: no. Not at all. It won’t even “build your glutes” like many people think it will, no matter how hard & long you ride. It can be really great cardio work, though.
bmxing (sprinting/climbing while standing up & bunny hopping as big as you can over/up onto everything you can 40-80 times per ride, at least three rides per week): yes. It’ll cut & build your entire core. Stick with it for a few years and you’ll even develop “back-abs”.
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It’s a lot cheaper to build your abs doing boring prison cell exercises than to do it via bike. You really need 48 spoke doublewall rim wheels $$$ built and bolted onto a non-kids Pro-level bmx $$$ which you’ll probably find yourself needing serious 3 piece cranks $$$. $$$+$$$+$$$=$,$$$
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You really should try to connect with an Athletic Physical Therapist (not at all the same thing as a “trainer” at a gym) to collect the whole batch of core strength exercises and
how to do them correctly so you don’t over build some muscles and underbuild others in a way that has you being forced by your doctor to go see a Physical Therapist due to back pain fifteen years in the future. Ask me how I know.
These biomechanically correct exercises will build your abs and everything else really well.
dont confuse bodybuilding with seeing abs. everyone has abs. the internet is full of skinny guys with abs because they have a low body fat. the right diet and any exercise will let you get your body fat down to a level where abs are visible.
if you want bigger abs, thats body building and again massively dependent on diet, but also more dependent on training than simply losing fat to show your skinny abs.