Can someone recommend some good ab exercises for someone who hates to do abs?
November 23rd, 2009 | by abs |
Dave C asked:
I work out 4-5 days a week doing the elliptical and lifting free weights. I have lost enough weight where I should start doing ab exercises. I have always hated doing sit ups and crunches as they have always hurt my lower back. Can some one recommend either machines or normal exercises that our mostly pain free
FRANCES
I work out 4-5 days a week doing the elliptical and lifting free weights. I have lost enough weight where I should start doing ab exercises. I have always hated doing sit ups and crunches as they have always hurt my lower back. Can some one recommend either machines or normal exercises that our mostly pain free
FRANCES
13 Responses to “Can someone recommend some good ab exercises for someone who hates to do abs?”
By Susan S on Nov 24, 2009 | Reply
ANGELO
Prevention mag says the best exercise for abs is walking. Brisk and otherwise at least 40 minutes aday.
By Pilot on Nov 26, 2009 | Reply
ANTIONE
Freestyle swimming will get your abs nice. Jogging gave me a six pack like i never had before.
By Pat on Nov 27, 2009 | Reply
AUGUSTINE
If you **** doing plain ab exercises then hit the big lifts, they all hit your abs pretty hard; Squats, Deadlifts, Good Mornings, Standing Military Presses
By yeahyeahyeah on Nov 27, 2009 | Reply
EARLE
firt of all go to a gym, talk to a trainer and make sure your doin the abs correctly. if you are doing them correctly then you probably have back issues that must be resolved befoore they get worse.
swimming is cool and so is running for slimming down on the stomach, but face the facts- want abs? gotta do the work
if you rly **** doin em then do like 5-10 minute abs three times a day.
mornin
evening\
and night.
not RIGHT before you go to be though cuz its not good for you.
good luck.
By TOMMY D on Nov 28, 2009 | Reply
EMMITT
This series of ab exercises can double as a total-body warmup. Try it at the start of your lifting workout to loosen your back muscles and strengthen important core muscles, such as your obliques, hip flexors, and rectus abdominis (the six-pack muscle). You’ll also increase bloodflow to your arms and legs, to prepare them for a great workout.
In each ab exercise, focus on keeping your arms straight at all times. If you do, the medicine ball will feel heavier as you move from one ab exercise to the next–meaning your abs have to work with your shoulders and biceps to hold the weight away from your body. Do these exercises as a circuit, moving from one to the next without resting. Do two or three circuits, with 60-second rests between circuits.
Straight-Arm Rotation
Stand on your right leg and hold a medicine ball with your arms extended in front of you. Raise your left knee so it’s bent 90 degrees, thigh parallel to the floor. Keeping your arms straight, turn your shoulders to the right until you’re facing the side, then turn them back to the left until you’re facing the other side. Do 10 repetitions, then switch legs and do another 10.
Single-Leg Squat Chop
Stand on your left foot holding a medicine ball with arms extended above and to the left of your left shoulder. Bend at the hips and knees to lower your body into a squat. As you drop, bring the ball down toward your right foot. Then explosively push back up and lift the ball overhead to the starting position. Finish 10 reps on your left leg before switching to your right leg for 10 more.
Lunge Lift
Start in a modified lunge position with both knees bent 90 degrees and your right knee on the floor. Hold the ball down in front of you with straight arms. Stand up quickly, lifting the ball as high as you can. Raise your right leg off the floor and up until your thigh is parallel to the floor. Pause for a second, then slowly lower your body and the ball. Do 10 reps with your left leg forward, then 10 with your right leg forward.
Your Muscles In Motion
A. Rectus abdominis
You might want a six-pack, but the rectus abdominis is actually made up of four sections and a tendon called the linea alba that divides them into two parts–creating an eight-pack.
You should see my 8-pack.Chicks love it,but my wife loves it more.Good luck!
By Kimberly M on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply
DAMIAN
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By MiMo329 on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply
DONN
Lie on the floor on your back and use your stomach muscles to push your lower back against the ground. As you do it, tighten your ab muscles. Don’t just **** your stomach in, also pull your muscles up toward your ribs. But keeping breathing. My mom went to a physical therapist for her back and he said this is good for your back and also one of the best thing you can do for your stomach. He said to hold for a few seconds and keep repeating. I try to incorporate a little bit of yoga breathing by holding it for 3 deep breaths and then relaxing, 3 deep breaths then relax, etc. My muscle seem to get sore faster when I do that.
Make sure you are only using your ab muscles to push your lower back against the floor. Remember: **** in and up. It shouldn’t hurt at all. I have scoliosis and it’s almost impossible for me to do crunches because my lower back is so weak. I’ve been doing this exercise for about a month and I can feel my whole mid section strengthening.
Good luck!
By Cordelia on Dec 1, 2009 | Reply
ELLSWORTH
You can simply bend slightly - and your abs will still receive much benefit. Also, try using the giant silver ball you rest on your bottom, feet on the ground, leaning back to do the partial ab roll up - just enough to work the abs. That’s the point.
By bk_200@yahoo.com on Dec 4, 2009 | Reply
BRENDAN
Ive found a good ab exercise booklet (and bodyfat tracker) at
Theres 12 exercises which are not situps
By Trainer82 on Dec 5, 2009 | Reply
CLAUDE
There are plenty of different ab exercises that you can do. To get more with less, I suggest that you start to use some weights as a resistance when doing abs. Other solution might be that you would do incline bench sit-ups, it usually doesn’t hurt that much back as regular on the floor sit ups do. You can do different leg raises and crunches. 3 x 15 abs should be enough, and if you don’t feel it burning on your stomach enough take a weight plate for more resistance.
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