Anyone do weighted sit-ups?

[from zero]

I do them on a decline, yes. Medicine balls, plates. Works nicely.

 

[Serea]

Yesterday I did:

10lbs x 22
20lbs x 15
25lbs x 10

This was done on a flat, carpeted floor.

I know situps also hit the hip flexors quite a bit, but I could really feel it in my abs.

 

[gymtime]

I traded million-rep crunches for weighted sit ups (decline) long ago. Never go back.

 

[JOKER47]

All my ab work is done with weights.


Joker

 

[Backlash]

I do weighted crunches on a decline board with dumbbells.

 

[pwr_machine]

At least once per week.

 

[PancakeFiend]

hurts to cough, laugh, sneeze, lay down, damn i love my decline situps. But I did partials or curls or something since I felt it more in my abdominals. The routine:

5x 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 (extra slow for last set)

Used 35 lb plate for first three sets then 45 for last two. That last set of two was killer.

 

[MeatHead57]

i do 2 sets 70 lbs for 60 reps!! it works great!!

 

[FitFossil]

Yes, I do weighted sit-ups. Another thing I sometimes do is a double or triple squeeze (mini contractions) at the top - really fries 'em and makes you concentrate on just the abs.

 

[JG1]

Never weighted situps, but I do do heavy ass rope crunches as well as leg raises with a 25lbs d-bell between my feet.

 

[DioL]

Medicine balls, never could find the comfort with dumbells or wieghts

 

[needsize]

The only ab exercise i've done for the past 5 years is weighted. You jump on a decline bench with a weight on your chest, then slowly lower yourself about halfway down, to where you feel the most resistance. Thats where you hold for a slow count of 5, then bring yourself back up. Thats one rep. I do 5 sets of 8-10 of those with a 45lb plate, and as you can see from my avatar, it definitely works

 

[makedah]

The only ab exercise i've done for the past 5 years is weighted. You jump on a decline bench with a weight on your chest, then slowly lower yourself about halfway down, to where you feel the most resistance. Thats where you hold for a slow count of 5, then bring yourself back up. Thats one rep. I do 5 sets of 8-10 of those with a 45lb plate, and as you can see from my avatar, it definitely works

All of my ab work is weighted, as well (rope crunches, saxons). I may give this a whirl because it hurts my lower back too much to do full sit-ups on the decline bench. My abs can take it, but not my back.

 

[Backlash]

The only ab exercise i've done for the past 5 years is weighted. You jump on a decline bench with a weight on your chest, then slowly lower yourself about halfway down, to where you feel the most resistance. Thats where you hold for a slow count of 5, then bring yourself back up. Thats one rep. I do 5 sets of 8-10 of those with a 45lb plate, and as you can see from my avatar, it definitely works

I do pretty much the same thing, except I use a 45 db instead of plate (seems to fit better) and I start at the bottom and go halfway up and back down, rather than starting at the top.

 

[Serea]

I hold them behind my head. But I only get up to 25 pounds. I tape 2 10 pounders together for the 20.

 

[needsize]

I find starting at the bottom hurts my back

 

[Backlash]

It is slightly more uncomfortable for my back, but when I start at the top I feel like I'm working my hip flexors more than my abs. I really feel it in my abs when I curl up from the bottom (I don't move at the hips at all)