06-02-2010, 01:02 AM
PROTIP: Working out your abs does not, in fact, help you get a six-pack. If you continue to work out in general, your body will work through the fat reserve on your belly and show off your abdominal muscles.
However, they don't HURT because they'll make your abs large, and thus more prominent when you finally do work away the flab.
What I do to get a complete workout for my abs are called "Rockies". They involve doing whatever the fuck ab exercise you usually do (for me, that's inclined sit ups) and twisting your body left and right, touching the ground next to you while you move up towards your knees. If you want more resistance, you can always hold a weight to your chest. They will smoke the shit out of your sides and help you get some serious hip cuts.
As far as the crunches/situps/v-ups discussion goes, I like incline situps because they allow your whole body to flatten out to an even plane, allowing your entire stomach area to get a workout, but the MAIN reason being that they really help out your hip flexors, which are almost a bigger part of curling your body and building your core than the actual ab muscles. Also, hip cuts.
However, they don't HURT because they'll make your abs large, and thus more prominent when you finally do work away the flab.
What I do to get a complete workout for my abs are called "Rockies". They involve doing whatever the fuck ab exercise you usually do (for me, that's inclined sit ups) and twisting your body left and right, touching the ground next to you while you move up towards your knees. If you want more resistance, you can always hold a weight to your chest. They will smoke the shit out of your sides and help you get some serious hip cuts.
As far as the crunches/situps/v-ups discussion goes, I like incline situps because they allow your whole body to flatten out to an even plane, allowing your entire stomach area to get a workout, but the MAIN reason being that they really help out your hip flexors, which are almost a bigger part of curling your body and building your core than the actual ab muscles. Also, hip cuts.
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