Thread: What's your favorite ab workout?

Weighted kneeling crunches using a rope on an overhead pulley.

Hanging leg lifts; to the front and also twisting to each side.

Stability ball crunches, hanging leg lifts/holds, hovers

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Typically I do situps, captain's chair, or hanging leg raises. I'm going to see what I think about weighted crunches too.

I used to use an ab roller and loved the results then about 3yrs ago I fell for the gimick "wheel with a stick through it" however it turned into the best thing I've ever used for abs. My abs never felt better using anything else. Still use it 3x a week, and I also do leg lifts on a decline bench.

when I train abs (like 3 months out of the year..lol) I alternate between days of non-weighted exercises and weighted exercises.

Crunches / hanging knee/leg raises / dragon flag, and one a friend showed me that you have to do with a partner... you lie on your back on the floor and hold on to their legs.. lift your legs up towards then and they push them as hard as they can and you try and stop them before hitting the ground... I usually do this one last.

hagning leg raises, decline sit ups, v ups...3 X 20 each and Im pooped!

I like doing a variety of things for my abs, but my favorites have to be vaccuum pumps and stability ball crunches/reverse crunches, 3 sets of these and I'm burnin!! BILLIE

Crunchs on the floor or on an incline bench I stick to the basics.

I like knee raises with a dumbell between my feet or situps on the ab ball holding a pulley cable behind my neck

6 inches is faster progress then situps for me . But its painful to hold the position for over 2 mins.I usualy hold on till about 3 mins tryin to work up to 5. but take it slowly if you do these they are even more painful if u try to do more then ur ready 4.

Originally Posted by stonev16

6 inches is faster progress then situps for me . But its painful to hold the position for over 2 mins.I usualy hold on till about 3 mins tryin to work up to 5. but take it slowly if you do these they are even more painful if u try to do more then ur ready 4.

These are excellent, but I would make sure to get a more dynamic movement in my ab workout too. Static ab training is a good idea, as the abs are often in a state of static contraction when performing many lifts, but it shouldn't be the only form of training you do. I used to do this at football practice, and it is definitely killer. For an added twist, try spreading your legs and closing them in intervals of 15-30 seconds.