Are crunches, leg raises and side bends all you need for SIXPACK?

[hypertrophy17]

Obviously diet too but do I only 3 exercises?

[Doug-]

You could get a six pack with those exercises yeah.

But I would personally do Cable Crunches, Swiss Ball Crunches and side bends instead.

[hypertrophy17]

You could get a six pack with those exercises yeah.

But I would personally do Cable Crunches, Swiss Ball Crunches and side bends instead.

If do the same but don't got a machines at home just bench and weights

[k9pit]

Actually, you could pick 1 or two moves and build your abs just fine given sufficient volume and progression.

Knee raises (or leg raises) and weighted crunches should be enough. You can add weight to knee raises.

Nothing really magical about abs. Diet is king there. I don't really care for side bends, personally.

[BOUNTYHUNTERMK2]

Actually, you could pick 1 or two moves and build your abs just fine given sufficient volume and progression.

Knee raises (or leg raises) and weighted crunches should be enough. You can add weight to knee raises.

Nothing really magical about abs. Diet is king there.

Agreed. I'd also add that moves like squats and deads give the abs a damn good beasting too with sufficient weight.

[yodasbrain]

you could def get abs with your mentioned workouts.

[Steve2402]

Think it may have been mentioned, but you can do as many ab exercises as you like, if your body fats too high, they probably won't show.

[chazzy1864]

Some people need no direct work. Others need lots of direct work.

It all comes down to muscle mass and body fat levels. There is a good chance you could get a solid six pack with just those exercises, provided your diet is good. There is a chance you could get a six pack with just the diet. Or you might need a lot more than those exercises.

[darscogre]

Obviously diet too but do I only 3 exercises?

Theres many ways to skin a cat. And from what I've seen peoples abs are often a product of diet and genetics with exercise being the third variable. That being said, I've found that the best exercises to develop a six pack are exercises that resist movement rather than exercises that initiate movement. The main function of our abs/core is not to crunch forward....but rather to resist movement to stabilize our bodies. Thats why exercises like all variations of planks etc in my opinion are more effective because its working the muscle in the way it was intended to be utilized by us.

[F1eld]

If you are going to do a single exercise for your abs i would probably just do ab-wheel rollouts.

[DerekEt]

OP, I got a big 6 pack off Squats+Weighted Cable Crunch.

You don't need anything you just wrote. Squat more

[Jakeylee]

Since i injured my lower back i've had to avoid weighted crunches and had to do planks and these wierds exercises referred to as deadbugs.

However my abs have never looked better. So wouldn't say the above exercises are essential imo.

[4everalone]

i had a sixpack before ever entering gym.

Footy and low bf%.

as for adding mass i like leg raises & crunches