Do you have awesome abs? How many ab exercises do you do?

Question

I recently lost a lot of weight, and have found that I can do many more crunches than I used to without any extra effort. :) So this has inspired me to start doing more crunches, and I'd like to know from people who have been successful in obtaining awesome abs, how many crunches you do on a regular basis? How many sets, reps per day? Week? What other ab exercises do you do, and how do you do them (sets, reps, etc.)? Thanks!

Answer 1

i only do 5 sets of 250 reps for crunches.  i trains abs twice a week. i also do hanging leg rasies. i do 5 sets of 100. i dont trains abs all that hard. its mostly about dieting, and cardio. i go running every day for about a hour. Good genetics also help. i have been doing that since 15 n i went from a 6 pack to a 8 pack. good luck

Answer 2

i do pilates 4 times a week and they've done wonders!! on alternating days i do 45 crunches, 3 sets of 20 scissor kicks, 3 sets of 10 saxon side bends with 5lb weights, the plank position for 1 minute and then 3 sets of 3 super-mans. ive obtained a really nice 6 pack!  

Answer 3

10 situps

10 V-ups (Touch your hands to your toes, but crunch your body so that they meet midway in the air)

10 lemon squeezers (Position yourself sitting up, put hands at side, and move your torso back into a laying position while extending your legs straight ahead. Now just row your legs to a bend while crunching toward them w/ your torso, then go back to laying position. repeat process)

10 back hypers (lay on stomach, basically a reverse cruncher)

10 Leg lifts (Lay on back, lift straight legs to 45 degree angle, then bring back to ground)

30 seconds of bicycles (Lay on ground, and mimick a bicycle pedal motion w/ your legs)

10 side crunchers each side

10 regular crunchers

30 seconds of flutter kicks (Lay on back, keep both legs straight. Lift them up bairly, now alternate between raising each leg a little bit and brining it back down. This one is tought at first, but after a week it will be easy. Try to think of being a swimmer while doing this one)

10 kick ups (Lay down, bring knees up toward chest, then kick legs upward to become straight in the air.)

10 side double leg lifts (Hard to explain, basically lay on side, and lift both legs simultaneously as high as you can. Will feel weird at first)

10 Forward Rows (Way too hard to explain, google it)

10 Russian Twists (Google it)

10 Scissor Kicks (Lay on back, spread leags apart in air, bring them back to center with one leg above the other, then alternate to mimick a scissor kicking action)

Finish with a bridge for however long you think you can do it.

Once this routine becomes easy, don't up the reps, just do the whole routine twice. (Left a few out for explanation's sake)

Then also do your run at night. Cut excessive fat out of your diet, but you can have a little still.

Do it and you will have some abs.

Answer 4

Abs are made in the kitchen

i go on a pilates machine and do alota crunches everyday

i do more than 200 cruntches some days

but to make my abs show i also go runnign and stuff and eat healthy

Answer 5

First off congrats on your recent weight loss and I also am a ab fanatic but instead of doing crunches I have these straps called the ab slings. (google them they're pretty neat.) When you're exercising with these they put all the work into your abs and you feel them really working. Everyday I do about 3 sets of 40 and they have really whipped up my midsection in great shape.