Ab workouts... (Read 3046 times)

I have been trying to find some ab exercises, but I can't find some that really work all of my abs or my lower abs. Does anyone know any good exercises?

if you want to work your lower abs lift your feet off the ground while you to crunches... instead of having your feet on the floor with bent knee just lift the knees into the air so your shins are parrallel to the floor... or so feet are pointing up to ceeling... also try laying on your back with your feet pointing at the ceiling then lift your feet higher (so you bumm comes off the ground)... likeyou are trying to tap the ceiling with your feet...

Some of my favorites at the gym below. Google any of them to get pictures and descriptions. You can also find descriptions on bodybuilding.com. * Hanging leg raises - gets lower abs. Use the arm stirrups or simply hang from a chin up bar and pull your knees to your chest. * Cable crunches * wood chops - I LOVE these, a very functional exercise too.

At the gym I use this ab stretch machine to do back, ab and side extensions. It has done wonder for my abs. Pilates has also helped me lose inches and firm up my core.

Double crunches. Standard sit-up but pull your knees up to your chest as you do the crunch. Great full ab workout. DB

Try planks/bridges. Put yourself into a good push up position (in the up position), making sure that your body is completely straight and hold for one minute. You can also do this balancing on your elbows instead of your hands. Then to work the obliques, turn sideways balancing on one arm and raise the other arm in the air - make sure to keep your body straight.

Some additional variations: From the push up position, you can also extend one arm overhead (think Superman) and/or extend one leg. If you try arm and leg at the same time, do opposite sides--R) arm with L) leg, etc. Form is crucial, though--you have to keep your hips level or the abs aren't engaged enough. Squeezing the "cheeks" of your glutes while contracting the lower abs is also part of good form. Can also add BOSU or Swiss ball under the hands to increase the level of difficulty for any of the plank activities. On the BOSU: sit on the inflated side so that the bony part of your butt is only about an inch or so above the plastic rim. Contract the lower abs and do crunches, BUT instead of focusing on the "up" part of the curl, work on pushing back on the "down". This requires the abs to do the pushing against the resistance of the ball, and will work the lower abs more that what you might think.

One of my co-workers got the P90-X workout videos. I learned the 16 minute ab ripper x workout by heart. My core has never been so strong, and I've finally got my 6 pack back. It's got to be the best ab workout I've ever done. I found a review on it, but I'm not sure if we can embed links. I'll give it a shot: http://www.videofitness.com/reviews/horton-p90x-ab.php I do it every other day along with my full body workout. Start slow, with only 5 to 10 reps of each exercise.

Abs are made in the KITCHEN!!!