What is your ab routine like?

[dabears8273]

Just curious what others do for their ab routines. Do you work them everyday? What variations on ab exercises do you use and how many sets?

[TLTrooper]

in b4 nobody works abs directly

[Max94]

abs r made in the kitchen sir

[Quake215]

Just curious what others do for their ab routines. Do you work them everyday? What variations on ab exercises do you use and how many sets?

I'll do 3x20 of each exercise: lying leg raise, medicine ball crunch, side oblique raise...I switch it up sometimes with hanging leg raise

[balllsohard]

situps, leg lifts and oblique pushups.

feel like I need something more though.

[MrBillson]

abs r made in the kitchen sir

I would argue that all muscles are made in the kitchen. In the gym you put your muscles into a state where they want to grow, then in the kitchen you give them what they need to achieve that growth.

You can be as lean as you want, with no muscle mass to show your stomach's not gonna look good.

[AlbertRossy]

I randomly throw in ab work. Sometimes at the end of workout when I feel I want a bit more of something, or just between sets of other exercises to keep the heart rate up. Usually pick from this group:

Decline sit-up, planks, hanging leg raise, barbell rollout, and these...

http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercise.../landmine-180s

[MrBillson]

I tend to mix it up, try to put in a little circuit either with my morning cardio or at the end of a workout. Circuit is one I stole from Mr. Rob Riches (Bar twists x50, decline crunches x30, side bends x30, hanging knee raises x30 - repeated 2-3 times with minimal rest). However I also like to train my abs with weight against them every now and then so maybe once a week I'll do weighted crunches with a pully machine, or just use some of the weighted ab machines you're likely to find in your gym.

Also try to focus on breathing as I'm always told that exhaling fully as you begin the 'hard work' part of the exercise (so as you begin to lift up on a crunch) causes your abdominal muscle to fully contract leading to a more effective exercise.

As stated though, if you want a nice six pack diet needs to be squeeky clean.

[Singularity7]

Compound set of weighted bicycle crunches and leg crunches.
Hanging weighted diagonal knee raises.
3 sets each twice a week.

[aestheticsound]

i hardly ever work out abs in isolation. maybe once or twice a week if that.

But when i do, i do any combination of the following ( or all if i feel REALLY jacked):

1) hanging leg raises (15x2)
2) windshield wipers (20x3)
3) weighted kneeling cable crunches (20x3 @ 120-200 lbs)
4) decline weighted russian twists (20x3 @ 35-45 lbs)
5) ab roller (20x3)
6) V-swipes (20x3 @ 135lbs)
7) scissor kicks (2 mins)

There are also a lot that I kind of just made up so there's no name for it

[rdferguson]

Right now, the only direct ab work I do is decline sit ups and oblique raises. A few sets of 10, 1-2 times a week at the end of my lower body training sessions.

[devilsrule61287]

I do my ab workout typically twice a week:

-Weighted plank & weighted side plank
-Cable crunches
-Woodchoppers
-Hanging Leg/knee Raises
-Weighted Russian twist on decline bench

[Jaked7]

Heavy and around twice a week.

My favourite excercise for abs is hands down - The one where you lie on an incline bench, put your hands behind the chair and put your legs up in the air, lower your legs slowly and repeat (no idea what it's called and I'm seriously shi*t at explaining, but yeah, it kills!)

[Quake215]

Heavy and around twice a week.

My favourite excercise for abs is hands down - The one where you lie on an incline bench, put your hands behind the chair and put your legs up in the air, lower your legs slowly and repeat (no idea what it's called and I'm seriously shi*t at explaining, but yeah, it kills!)

I know what ur talking about, I call it a decline leg raise. That exercise is great

[Rjwb1]

situps and oblique bends

[71Avido]

Saw one guy in the gym put a 35lb "deep dish" plate on the ground, stuff his feet into it, get into the pushup position and proceed to do a 1-man wheelbarrow walk through the gym.

He took 1st in his division in a recent BB comp, must be workin' for him.

[Ironborne]

Hanging leg raisesx10, ab wheelx10, decline sit upsx10 side bends with weights x20, all super-setted x4 sets. Not going for looks just assist with my pl

[backspace412]

squats and deadlifts pre mid pre during mid during post and post post workout drink

[cagliostro]

12 sets of crunch variations and plank once or twice weekly.

[TheFuture42]

Abs aren't made in the kitchen! They are made VISIBLE in the kitchen lol!

My routine:

Kneeling cable crunches 3X 40 (heavy)
Side 2 side cable crunches 2X20 (lighter)
Hanging DB knee raises 3X15 (light)

[Keefinator02]

Like a poster above said, back and front squats and dead lifts.

I just got done with a 6 week squat program where I was back squatting two times a week and front squatting once a week, and my abs have never looked better.

They look better then they did last summer when I was 175 at 5'9 and now I am almost 195.

I also sometimes do planks and roller after the front squats.

But my abs suck compared to a lot of people in here, I'm convinced genetics are a big factor, as to where your body stores fat.