I try to do some every night. Do any of you do these on a regular basis, and are there any tips to make them more effective? And how many? I've already noticed a difference in my abs by doing them regularly.

Just keep mixing it up. Also, there is no need to do like 1000 crunches a day. Your diet will make a bigger impact on your abs than sit ups. Lose the gut and watch the abs appear.

Just keep mixing it up. Also, there is no need to do like 1000 crunches a day. Your diet will make a bigger impact on your abs than sit ups. Lose the gut and watch the abs appear.

 

I don't have a gut. I'm 5-10, 135....I'm looking for a little more definition in my abs, not so much trying to burn stuff off of a gut.

I don't have a gut. I'm 5-10, 135....I'm looking for a little more definition in my abs, not so much trying to burn stuff off of a gut.

Bicycles and crunches of various sorts, with or without domes/exercise balls, are great. I'd avoid true situps, which are actually bad for your back.

 

 

 

You should only do ab workouts 3 days a week MAXIMUM, while I recommend only doing them twice a week spaced out from each other by 3 days. People tend to overdo ab workouts for no good reason. You wouldn't perform bench presses on a daily basis because you need to give your tricep/delt/pec muscles time to recover/repair/rebuild -- apply the same logic to stomach muscles, etc.

 

Also, for any of you gym rats out there -- NEVER do ab workouts with weight. For example, crunch machines that allow you to add weight, or machine based equipment that has adjustable weight, stay away from this sort of thing. The idea is to shape ab muscles, tighten them up, NOT make them bigger. You'll know what I mean if you ever see a person who did this incorrectly in the gym, they'll be ripped, but still look like they have a beer belly because their ab muscles are too big.

I don't have a gut. I'm 5-10, 135....I'm looking for a little more definition in my abs, not so much trying to burn stuff off of a gut.

 

Wow. 5'10" 135?

 

If you turned sideways you'd be invisible! Drink some shakes and continue working out!

Wow. 5'10" 135?

 

If you turned sideways you'd be invisible! Drink some shakes and continue working out!

 

Yup, my weight fluctuates between 130-135.

Yup, my weight fluctuates between 130-135.

Depending on how big of a poop you just had

I can give anyone a good 15 min ab workout to be performed 2-3 times a week. Thats about as much as you really should be doing ons abs alone. You can work your core obviously, but through other exercises like balance movements in Yoga.