Worst Abdominal Exercises

So you told us what not to do, but not what we should do. What's up? Votes: +9

for the most part, good article. the twist, however, is an excellent ab exercise IF IT'S DONE CORRECTLY.

the point is not to "twist the body from side to side" - as you correctly pointed out, doing that involves spine and upper body. the point is to use the ab muscles to create the twisting movement. in other words, focus on tightening the obliques so that each shoulder alternately is drawn toward the opposite hip.

done correctly, it's simply not possible to get a lot of these done - it's a heavy load for the comparatively small obliques to manage and they don't have a lot of endurance for it. a couple sets of 10 - 12, maybe 15 should leave you feeling like you've spent the last hour laughing your head off. Votes: +1

WHAT ABOUT THE AB ROCKET?IS IT THE SAME AS THE AB ROLLER IN EFFECTIVENESS? Votes: +0

what about a salsa workout is that better? Votes: +0

It would have been nice if there were pictures along with the descriptions of what not to do. Don't know any of the exercises except for the traditional sit up. Votes: +2

Soooo... What excercises ARE good ??? Votes: +5