Good ab exercises?

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  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I lost 36#, dropped my BF to 12% and developed a "6 pack" by eating well w/o ever doing an ab specific exercise in the past 9 months.

    Just DL, SQT, BP, OHP plus pushups, pullups, dips, sissy squats and GHRs (not GHD situps, they're dangerous!). Also rowed and biked and did some farmer's walks, tractor tire flips, sled push/pulls and battle rope sessions early on.

    FWIW, it's really all about eating well to reduce body fat and doing exercises that build strength, burn cals and engage your core. Nothing else really matters. Just saying . . .
  • ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken Posts: 1,530 Member
    Please do not do any type of abdominal exercise until you get GOOD and CORRECT advice from a professional. You can actually do more harm than good with the wrong abdominal exercises or even by doing the right abdominal exercises the wrong way. There are people out there who specifically work as personal trainers for women during pregnancy and after and they have a much better knowledge on what should be done and how it should be done.
  • gradchica27
    gradchica27 Posts: 777 Member
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »
    Please do not do any type of abdominal exercise until you get GOOD and CORRECT advice from a professional. You can actually do more harm than good with the wrong abdominal exercises or even by doing the right abdominal exercises the wrong way. There are people out there who specifically work as personal trainers for women during pregnancy and after and they have a much better knowledge on what should be done and how it should be done.

    Yes. Yes. All the Yes. And please do not neglect doing your pelvic floor exercises.

    I'm the voice of experience here---please heed my warning and avoid your own pain. I was lifting heavy, in the absolute best shape of my life and had visible ab definition (after 4 babies!). But...I never bothered with pelvic floor exercises bc I wasn't having any obvious issues. Then I was feeling awesome, did a ton of squat jumps in between my accessory lifts, did a super hard ab workout (15 min of double leg raises, toe taps, slow bicycles, etc), then did intervals (rest at 6.7 mph, getting up to 9 mph for sprints). Felt so good...until my pelvic floor gave out.

    So yeah, get a dr and a PT to get your abs rehabbed and your pelvic floor strong before diving into abs.
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