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    Favorite Ab Workouts?

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    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    This is just to share your favorite workouts while others will benefit from!

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    • Posts: 49,169 Member
      Hanging leg raises, basic crunches and woodchops.

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    • Posts: 10,321 Member
      edited March 2015
      Squats, dead lifts, hanging leg raises
    • Posts: 2,406 Member
      I like sit ups and push ups. I find them very difficult, but they also make me feel like a bad a$s when I'm done.
    • Posts: 7,739 Member
      Squats and pull-ups.
    • Posts: 908 Member
      planks, oblique V's, dead lifts, reverse crunches and russian twists.
    • Posts: 2,561 Member
      My compound lifts work my core, but I do enjoy doing a little extra core work only because I enjoy it. My cardio day always features a core section, but I also do weighted core work on my two lower body days.

      Today I did leg raises and went up into a reverse crunch at the top (with some ankle weights for added resistance) and weighted hyperextensions (yes, your back is part of your core - don't focus only on abs and neglect the rest). On Fridays I usually mix it up and do some weighted crunches, plank and side plank circuits, kneeling back extensions, etc. I plan to work in some weighted decline sit-ups eventually. Hanging leg raises can kiss my butt.
      Hornsby wrote: »
      Squats, dead lifts, hanging leg races

      Hanging leg races? Those sound way more fun than hanging leg raises. :wink:
    • Posts: 688 Member
      edited March 2015
      I've been doing squats with body weight and 5-10 lbs handweights, and crunches and trunk rotations on the bowflex. I may add some sit ups to my routine since I am able to actually do them now ... as long as something holds my feet down lol.
    • Posts: 1,335 Member
      Squats, deadlifts, hanging leg raises, swissball crunches, prone jacknives (usually w/ swiss ball) and this weird thing I made up on the decline bench.
    • Posts: 4,589 Member
      I'm a video-er, I like Bob Harper's "Totally Ripped Core" workout.
    • Posts: 3,250 Member
      For now, I'm using machines for torso rotation, crunches, and back extensions.
      I want to work up to doing planks (all around), and it would probably be good to add leg raises to more target the lower abs.
    • Posts: 10,321 Member
      edited March 2015
      LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »
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      Hanging leg races? Those sound way more fun than hanging leg raises. :wink:

      Lol, normally my spelling is spot on. Not sure how I missed that. I'm gonna blame the fact that it was early and I wasn't fully awake yet :)


      ETA: I don't know what your talking about, it says raises...
    • Posts: 3,515 Member
      Double kettlebell front squats.

      Overhead squats.

      Ab wheel or med ball rollouts.

      Single leg RDLs

      Asymmetric loaded carries (suitcase carries, waiter's walks, rack walks, etc)

      Jefferson deadlifts.

      Windmills/bent presses (that family of leaning, overhead load kind of stuff...)
    • Posts: 5,178 Member
      Crunches, planks, dumbbell side bends.
    • Posts: 3,515 Member
      Forgot to mention: chin ups and push ups - probably the two moves with the best core activation (if you're doing them properly)
    • Posts: 39 Member
      I hate doing abs lol. I usually workout my core from other exercises that require your core engaged the entire time. However, on certain occasions I like to do hanging leg raises, crunch, bicycles, v ups, rolling planks, vacuume for 15 sec rest 15 for 5 min.
    • Posts: 10,413 Member
      front squats & pivot presses
    • Posts: 3,515 Member
      jacksonpt wrote: »
      front squats & pivot presses

      These look effing awesome...
    • Posts: 405 Member
      ninerbuff wrote: »
      Hanging leg raises, basic crunches and woodchops.

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      ^^ Amen. I would add compound movements like the squat, DL, & OH press. CORE. Also, cable kneeling crunches.
    • Posts: 2,757 Member
      rez2012 wrote: »
      I hate doing abs lol. I usually workout my core from other exercises that require your core engaged the entire time. However, on certain occasions I like to do hanging leg raises, crunch, bicycles, v ups, rolling planks, vacuume for 15 sec rest 15 for 5 min.

      I'll do your abs lol

      to the OP: all different variations of weighted sit ups, twisted and reg, plank, knee slaps while in plank, some pilates core exercises, bicycle crunches, weighted bridge and hip thrusts (more for glutes but work the abs) ... etc.
    • Posts: 305 Member
      Classic: Pilates 100 & Roll-Ups.

      Up-Down Plank.
      Plank in general.
      Cross Tap Plank
      Plank with Punches out in the front (from Insanity)
      Jack Knife
      Side Plank with hip raise
      C-curve sit.
      Russian Twists for sure
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    • Posts: 39 Member
      lingo10 wrote: »
      Classic: Pilates 100 & Roll-Ups.

      Up-Down Plank.
      Plank in general.
      Cross Tap Plank
      Plank with Punches out in the front (from Insanity)
      Jack Knife
      Side Plank with hip raise
      C-curve sit.
      Russian Twists for sure
      Superman

      Wow Pilates sounds like a beast. Never messed with it but I really need to start doing something with more structure like that. Plank nightmare though lol
    • Posts: 305 Member
      rez2012 wrote: »
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      Wow Pilates sounds like a beast. Never messed with it but I really need to start doing something with more structure like that. Plank nightmare though lol

      The amount of plank variations out there is insane. lool
    • Posts: 41,865 Member
      Hanging leg raises, crunches on decline bench, plank variations, russian twists with a lunge...this thing I do with an exercise ball that I can't think of the name of...

      I don't do a whole ton of direct ab work...usually at the end of my workout if I have a few extra minutes or I might do some on cardio days if I haven't gotten any in for awhile. I usually hit my core pretty hard with my Oly lifts and other compound movements.
    • Posts: 106 Member
      edited March 2015
      Kettle bell windmills are my favorite! Planks, hate them but they work. Pilates did amazing things for my abs post-baby but was too repetitive/high rep/boring for me to stick with long term. Very effective, my attention span is simply too short.
    • Posts: 40 Member
      Rope pulldown crunches, and russian twists
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