Good Solid ab workout

[Rally Dog]

Hi all,
I'm signing in using my husbands name. Looking for some good ab workouts using a medicine-ball, weights, nothing. All sugggestions appreciated. Whatz worked for you? How often, sets, weighted, etc

[fatty]

I've just started going to the gym last week and for ab workouts i have been doing crunches with the "floor cruntcher" (not sure what it's called). For me it works. I do m-f workouts and I finish off each workout with 20 cruntches front, and 20 to each side. Then a rest and 20 more each. It burns. This week I have graduated to 30 each.
Hope this helps.

[Belle]

I just found an awesome ab workout:

PHASE A (3 weeks)
Monday & Thursday (Rectus Abdominus)
Giant Set:

30-degree partial sit-ups. 3 sets of 15 reps (No Rest)
Hanging Leg raises. 3 sets of 15 (No Rest).
Swiss ball crunches. 3 sets of 15 reps (No Rest)
Swiss ball reverse crunches. 3 sets of 15 reps
(1 minute rest)

Tuesday and Friday (Obliques,Intercostals and Serratis)
Giant Set:
Swiss ball side bends. 3x15 (NO Rest).
Russian Twists. 3x15 reps.
Twisting crunches on swiss ball. 3x15 reps
One arm hand pulley crunches 3x15 reps.
(1 minute rest).

PHASE B (3 weeks)

Perform the same exercises as above and in the same manner but do 4x10 reps.

PHASE C (3 weeks).

Perform the same exercise as above and in the same manner but do 5x 5 reps.

Apparently the theory behind using the swiss ball is that because you can move backwards by 20 degrees also, this gives a better outcome. Whereas when lying on the floor or on a flat surface to do the crunches it is not the same range of motion.

[Belle]

To treat your ab muscles like you do when working all other parts of the body. In other words no more than 15 reps in a set and if this get's too easy then start to use a weight such as a disk or x2 dumbells. Senseless doing so many reps when you can apparently achieve the same results in less time but with a bit of weight for resistance.