What is an appropriate ratio of ab work to lower back work? ADVERTISEMENT 1.72K viewsJune 15, 2011 0 jill0 June 15, 2011 0 Comments how much time to you spend working abs vs. the back (opposing muscle groups)? 11 Answers ActiveVotedNewestOldest 0 Radha0 Posted 0 Comments according to ACE the strength ratio need to be less than less than 1.0 So use McGill test and check. Depending on the result you can program the amount of work they need to do. Hope this helps. Refer page 219 of ACE manual chapter 8 You are viewing 1 out of 11 answers, click here to view all answers. Register or Login