Stomach workout?

Can you be more specific as to what you mean by tone?

Do you want to see the muscles?

bodybuilding.com is a good resource

I agree with Kelly regarding doing various exercises for all the abdominal muscles

Decline sit ups is the master for abs do this every other day and u will see good results after u get good add weight

Decline sit ups is the master for abs do this every other day and u will see good results after u get good add weight

How does one do decline sit ups? I may incorporate those into my abs workout. Can those be done at home or is gym equipment required?

Decline situps require that you are laying with head below your feet... \ this position with head down but not such a "decline"

But to be frank situps, planks and various different ab movements work but as you will probably eventually hear...abs are made in the kitchen...to see the effort you need to be at a low enough bf% to see them regardless of the amount of situps...

I have found the most effective for me has been my lifting...I feel it in my abs all the time.

I have recently been able to do chin ups as well and boy do I feel that.

I don't do any ab specific exercises other than an occasional plank once in a blue moon.

If I were going to do an ab iso, it would be hanging leg raises.

Any advise on how to tone the stomach? my stomach is basically flat, but I'd like to tone it up a bit more. I hear crunches aren't effective. I'm not really trying to lose weight by the way, just tone up.

Crunches are effective if done correctly. Most people end up using their hip flexors more than their abs when doing them though. Raising one's feet off the ground helps to deter this from happening.

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Cable ab crunches work well because they force you to use your anterior core muscles directly, crunches kind of suck because there tends to be a very small period of contraction and the resistance is reliant on you being in the raised or "crunch" position for a minimal amount of time with your upper body weight primarily being moved, which doesn't lend well to stressing the muscles and encouraging development.

Usually that's why I prefer exercises like the cable ab crunches, bottoms up , decline reverse crunches, hanging leg raises, hanging pikes (advanced only), Pallof presses, etc. etc.
Essentially exercises that will force your body to contract and engage the abdominals more and with more resistance, and also force you to bring more stability into the movement in order to maintain it, your core muscles, the band that wraps around your waist essentially, are your overall stabilizers, that keep everything steady and strong, because of that, you should exercise them in a fashion that stresses and challenges that facet of their function. So exercises that force you to stay steady, and hold resistance in place while stabilizing the load, will be the best benefit for developing that area, both for strength and muscular development.

That's also why exercises like squats, deadlifts, benching, overhead press, etc. all your big compound movements, will require a lot of work from your core muscles when done correctly. That area is essentially your foundation.
Don't neglect your lower back either, as it's just as important a part of the core as your abdominals.

plank

medicine ball (stability) crunches


and what people say about abs... partially true. If you have a layer of fat around the tummy can never show 'abs' or look 'toned'.

Okay, you are at a good weight so I think you just need to build more muscle though.

http://pilates.about.com/od/pilatesexercises/tp/First-10-Classic-Exercises.htm
Works all layers... Progressively challenging... Requires no equipment.

I hear crunches aren't effective.

That might be true for the person that told you but that doesn't mean they won't work for you. The only way you'll know is by doing them. I use an app called Caynax A6W. It's been working for me. I've really enjoyed it though it is quite challenging, but then that's the whole idea, if it's easy it ain't gonna work.

Mine's on Android, not sure about Apple, guess it'll be on there. It starts off slow but soon picks up pace and gets pretty hardcore, increasing every 4 days. You'll need to be dedicated but that's good for your discipline.