http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.html traineo forum thread - Fave Ab exercise?? Tue, 13 May 2008 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.html;) Thanks for the link Shawn. I guess I've just never seen a need to do that many ab exercises. I do hanging leg lifts once in awhile when I'm feeling ambitious, but between squats, deadlifts and about 5 hours of tennis plus some racquetball and basketball every week I just haven't seen the need to add anything more. A 6 pack isn't my goal. <10% bodyfat and the endurance to play 2 three set matches in a day (common in tennis tournaments) is....http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlTue, 13 May 2008 15:49:00 +0000http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlGrats shawn on the Squats. For Abs: http://www.shapefit.com/training.html Pick your poison http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlMon, 12 May 2008 19:38:39 +0000http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlThe closest I come to an ab workout is squats; worked up to 2x5x225 today.http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlMon, 12 May 2008 14:06:49 +0000http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlI do these where you are in a sort of V position. You sit and lean back a bit, then pull your feet in and extend them. If you have trouble balancing, you can put your hands on the ground behind you. Also, you can do this same sort of thing with your hips rotated over to one side or the other. These work my abs and obliques really well....http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlMon, 12 May 2008 13:44:24 +0000http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlHyperextension For the low ab pull in, imagine it as a roman chair leg lift only laying on the ground with weight attached to your feet. Your feet are attached to the cable weights with either a dip belt or chains, whatever is easiest.http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlSun, 11 May 2008 13:54:53 +0000http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlhaving trouble picturing the low abdominal pull in. maybe because i don't know what a dip belt is!! do you have a link that shows this exercise? and what are reverse hyperextensions? you definitely succeeded in giving me new exercises - i've never heard of these!http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlSat, 10 May 2008 21:13:57 +0000http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlJericho is about to rail on the benefits of the ab wheel, which I am all for, but I tend to break up the movement into its three parts: 1) Low abdominal pull in, 4s10-12 with heavy weight. Lay on the floor, chain or use the dip belt to connect your feet to the cable weights, then pull in your legs. 2) Serratus crunch. 4s10-12 with heavy weight. 3) Decline weighted sit-ups, 4s10-12 4) Side bends 5) reverse hyperextensions These seem to work well, I am a firm proponent in traini...http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlSat, 10 May 2008 19:30:55 +0000http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlI try to rotate my ab routine weekly since, for some odd reason, my abs seem to adapt ridiculously fast to each workout, so I alternate between fewer reps with weighted exercises (cable crunches, crunchs with a plate, etc.) and higher reps with non-weighted routines (leg lifts holding a yoga ball between your feet, etc.) One specific exercise you could try adding in that I love/hate is using a medicine ball, and I have no clue what it's actually called, but sit on the ground with the bal...http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlSat, 10 May 2008 16:57:12 +0000http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlI need to change up my routine a bit. My current ab exercises are getting old and i'm not feeling the "burn" like I used to. Currently I do the decline bench with and without a light weight, bicycles, planks, & captains chair sometimes (not my favorite to do - hurts my arms). Any new and exciting ideas for me?? Thanks for your help!...http://www.traineo.com/11_5881_0.htmlSat, 10 May 2008 16:20:49 +0000