Abdominal Exercises

Nicole3043
Nicole3043 Posts: 16 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Does anybody have any good ideas for abdominal exercises besides crunches? Need some motivation!

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  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Plank. V-up. Do a google search
  • Willbenchforcupcakes
    Willbenchforcupcakes Posts: 4,955 Member
    Turkish get ups. Kettlebell windmills. Planks. Dead bugs.
  • BigGuy47
    BigGuy47 Posts: 1,768 Member
    Hollow holds. Ab wheel outs.
  • TezKrastev
    TezKrastev Posts: 5 Member
    My favourite exercises that work great:

    Upper abs:
    Heavy ab pulldowns -develop thickness in abs
    Bicycle crunches-Great for lower, upper and obliques
    Exercise ball v passes- Works both upper and lower abs


    Lower abs:
    Hanging leg raises-use ankle weights when you get stronger
    Bicycle crunches-Great for lower, upper and obliques
    Rocky ab exercise-For advanced lifters, great exercise


  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    TezKrastev wrote: »
    My favourite exercises that work great:

    Upper abs:
    Heavy ab pulldowns -develop thickness in abs
    Bicycle crunches-Great for lower, upper and obliques
    Exercise ball v passes- Works both upper and lower abs


    Lower abs:
    Hanging leg raises-use ankle weights when you get stronger
    Bicycle crunches-Great for lower, upper and obliques
    Rocky ab exercise-For advanced lifters, great exercise


    I think the hanging leg raises was what I was going to suggest but I'm not sure what the exercise is actually called.

    I hang in the air and lift my legs up to my chest. They're killer and feel so good after.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Squats and deadlifts. With heavy weight. :+1:
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Cherimoose wrote: »
    Squats and deadlifts. With heavy weight. :+1:

    Yup

    Compound lifts

    Push ups, pull ups
  • FrankWhite27330
    FrankWhite27330 Posts: 316 Member
    Ab wheel. Got me all kinds of sore I mean killin me
  • niniundlapin
    niniundlapin Posts: 327 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Cherimoose wrote: »
    Squats and deadlifts. With heavy weight. :+1:

    Yup

    Compound lifts

    Push ups, pull ups

    All these!
    I did ab-focused exercises for years but the result is not as good as just push-ups/ pull-ups.
  • beachhouse758
    beachhouse758 Posts: 371 Member
    Hanging knee-ups on a Marcy station (I used to be able to do them straight legged ...those were the days) Russian twists, Turkis Half Get Ups, kettlebell standing twists, KB Around the World, and KB Halo

    All of these are what I consider "fun abs" I hate crunches and their variations, though.
  • Sam_I_Am77
    Sam_I_Am77 Posts: 2,093 Member
    edited November 2015
    Deadlifts & Squats are good but not the best for training your abs, there about on-par with iso work actually. My suggestion would be to do a combination of both Deadlifting & Squats, or even just 1, and maybe 1 to 2 ab-specific exercises once to twice per week. Deadlifts & Squats at intensities of 70%+ 1RM are the best for training your posterior Core muscles such as the Erectors and Multifidus.

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