Oh abdominal.....

[Synpax]

This is the one part that I have never really nailed down.

For a long time, I was doing low, slow reps on a decline bench wih plates on my chest. Then I switched to high reps (100+) on a decline bench with a gradually increasing weight on my chest.

But in both these cases, I felt like my legs were getting a lot of the workout rather than my abs.

More recently, with muay thai training, I've been experiencing what feels like real effort in my abs when I do the crunches when no weight on me while just laying on my back.

What's your ab routine? Does it work? ARe you happy with it?

 

[CoBra666]

im kind of in the same boat with my ab routine, but my favorite is 3 rounds of plank for 60-180 seconds with a plate on me ass/lower back area. i also do suitcase squats, a standing oblique crunch with a heavy db. sometimes ill pickup the heaviest dumb bell i can in one hand and just walk around keeping an upright position. as well as situps and leg raise variations. although i find weighted plank just mangles my core!

if you do 3 minute rounds in muay thai, try and do a weighted plank for 3 minutes. start with 25 lbs and see how you go. i do 3 sets with the same weight. first set gets a little hard in the final few seconds. 2nd set gets hard halfway through, 3rd set gets hard at about the 10 second mark and is a constant struggle

 

[Foxxxy]

Hang by your feet somewheres, and grab a plate, and try to touch your toes.