Thread: what are the BEST workouts to get defined ABS???

I would add weighted swiss ball crunches. Just watch your form. Those three will serve you well.

My favourite's:
Hanging knee raises
Decline crunches
Swiss ball
Cable crunches
Captain's chair straight leg raises

honestly bro,
i only 2 do exercizes, and IMO that's all you need.
I do hanging leg raises and twisting crunches.

When it comes to building abs, it's actually very simple, yet kinda tricky.

Most important things are:
1. Squeeze through the movement with your ABS. on hanging raises, don't raise with your legs, but rather contract your lower abs.

2. breathe out ALL your air when you get to the top of the movement

3. contract as hard as you can at the top of the movement, with all the air out of your lungs (this way you get a full contraction).

do that, with a good diet, and you're on your way to good abs.

Thanks !!! I'll try these and see if they work!.. I just have to remember -- LOW %bf.. and a few of these - will do wonders IN TIME!

Originally Posted by Flex

honestly bro,
i only 2 do exercizes, and IMO that's all you need.
I do hanging leg raises and twisting crunches.

When it comes to building abs, it's actually very simple, yet kinda tricky.

Most important things are:
1. Squeeze through the movement with your ABS. on hanging raises, don't raise with your legs, but rather contract your lower abs.

2. breathe out ALL your air when you get to the top of the movement

3. contract as hard as you can at the top of the movement, with all the air out of your lungs (this way you get a full contraction).

do that, with a good diet, and you're on your way to good abs.

Bumpin what Flex said.

....I also like doing weighted exercises + dont forget to hit your obliques too

The ball! The Ball! THE BALL!

I stress again from above that it is important to flex your abs and not use the back or leg muscles in these exercises. Also, your tongue muscle is connected to your abdominals and so by keeping your tongue touching the roof of your mouth throughout the entire exercise, you get an even greater push from the abdominals, try it. In addition, the abs are a smaller muscle, so rest time between exercises should be no more than about 20-30 seconds for maximum breakdown.

and I know ..I know.. MORE CARDIO

Originally Posted by Arnie's left nu

Bumpin what Flex said.

....I also like doing weighted exercises + dont forget to hit your obliques too

actually, IMO you shouldn't do obliques, cuz they'll only get bigger....

to cut down the love handles, you gotta diet, cardio, and make your V shape better by gettin' wider...

Working your obliques will fuck up your V-taper. I think it was in Muscle and Fitness (maybe Flex) a month or two ago where they asked a bunch of pro's their most hated exercise; most of them said obliques and that they were horrible to work.

cardio. period. if you want abs, cardio is the way to go. workin out doing crunches, leg raises, cptn chair raises n such will build the muscle, but if you want to be able to SEE your abs, cardio is the only way to go. theres no such thing as spot reducing fat. reducing fat in your abdominal area means reducing your whole body fat percentage...

but as great as cardio is, if you have nothing to show it's pointless; cardio isn't going to give you abs.

I feel the obliques get sufficient stimulation from more muscular-compound ab exercises like decline situps, GHRs, etc.

Originally Posted by Flex

actually, IMO you shouldn't do obliques, cuz they'll only get bigger....

But dont twisting crunches, that you mentioned earlier, also work your obliques?

Originally Posted by musclepump

Working your obliques will fuck up your V-taper. I think it was in Muscle and Fitness (maybe Flex) a month or two ago where they asked a bunch of pro's their most hated exercise; most of them said obliques and that they were horrible to work.

interesting...

I See....

everybody has abs. havent you ever seen those bone-a** skinny guys walking around n they have the meanest abs ever? you use your abs in everything u do..theyre the core of your body so are always working no matter what. u dont need to do ab workouts to get abs..everyone has em...its just a matter of uncovering em. "working" your abs will only make them stick out more, like those body-builder guys whos abs stick out just as much as their chests

Diet for defined abs.

train them a variety of different ways (weighted, un- eighted, obliques, rectus and lower back as well) for a strong core.