Article on Best Ab Exercises

Packerjohn

Little bit old, but nice article on ab exercises by Bret Contreras

https://www.t-nation.com/training/inside-the-muscles-best-ab-exercises

Spoiler:
Based on this experiment, here are the top three exercises in terms of mean and peak activity for each muscle part:

Rectus Abdominis
Mean: Chin Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Ab Wheel
Peak:  Chin Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Swiss Ball Crunch

Internal Oblique
Mean: Ab Wheel from Feet, Ab Wheel from Knees, Bodysaw
Peak:  Ab Wheel from Feet, Bodysaw, Tornado Ball Slam

External Oblique
Mean: Ab Wheel from Feet, Hanging Leg Raise, Bodysaw
Peak:  Turkish Get Up, Hanging Leg Raise, Bodysaw

Erector Spinae
Mean: Kneeling Cable Lift, Landmine, Reverse Hyper
Peak:  Kneeling Cable Lift, Tornado Ball Slam, Lumbar Extension

singingflutelady

Love me some bodysaws and chin ups. Too bad my favourite ab exercise (cable pallof presses) didn't fair as well as they have really helped my core IMHO

AnvilHead

Excellent book excerpt here (PDF format) from Dr. Stuart McGill about core/lower back health and exercises: http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~mcgill/fitnessleadersguide.pdf

Packerjohn

I've been a long time fan of the ab roller. I have one that is at least 30 years old. Had a bunch of shoulder problems can finally use it again

Packerjohn

AnvilHead wrote: »

Excellent book excerpt here (PDF format) from Dr. Stuart McGill about core/lower back health and exercises: http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~mcgill/fitnessleadersguide.pdf

Nice article. McGill is the man.