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post #1 of 36
10/30/09 at 8:20pm
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These are amazing.
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post #2 of 36
11/4/09 at 3:04pm
Is that the same as oblique crunch? I have that in my gym routine. I wanna eventually be able to do it completely 90 degreees (i.e. tie my legs to the ceiling and do sit up vertically lol.
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post #3 of 36
11/4/09 at 3:21pm
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Is that the same as oblique crunch?

I have that in my gym routine. I wanna eventually be able to do it completely 90 degreees (i.e. tie my legs to the ceiling and do sit up vertically lol.



All I know is that before I did them, I had reasonable abs but you couldn't see them. I'm reached the point where I'll do about 30 every time I go to the gym, 10 or so with a 25 lb weight on my chest, and my abs are really beginning to show through, even when I'm not flexing.
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post #4 of 36
11/4/09 at 3:37pm
How do you put weights on your chest? I can't visualize that.... wouldn't they slip and fall over? Yah that's the exercise I do, I do about 3 sets of 8-12 depending on my mood and condition. It really gives me the burn at the end
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post #5 of 36
11/4/09 at 3:39pm
You use the plates and hold them at their side openings. The plates you put on the olympic bar, savvy ?
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post #6 of 36
11/4/09 at 3:49pm
Still can't visualize it. Care to show me a picture? Thanks
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post #7 of 36
11/4/09 at 4:04pm
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Still can't visualize it. Care to show me a picture?

Thanks

I hold them by crossing my arms over my chest. Imagine you're lying on your back. You have a plate on your chest. You cross your arms over it to hold it in place. Maybe you grip it at the same time. Now sit up.
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post #8 of 36
11/4/09 at 11:23pm
Instead of just going down and up, try Needsize situps. They're basically decline situps but instead of going all the way down try to hold the halfway down position for 5 seconds before popping back up.

This is one of the few ab-specific exercises I do (the others being standing ab pull-downs and ab wheel rollouts). I usually grab a 45 lb weight and use that.
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post #9 of 36
11/4/09 at 11:30pm
I do these while holding a 100lb DB. Amazing workout.
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post #10 of 36
11/5/09 at 2:16am
I am no expert but I have been told by many people to avoid ab workouts such as these where your feet are held down in a position. The reason being is that instead of your abs doing the work, you are essentially putting force into your legs to help pull yourself up. When I switched from doing abs with my feet held in place to having my feet on the ground but forcing myself to keep them their on their own so i dont swing any weight to help, I noticed much faster progress even though the crunches were much harder. And for those of you saying you are getting results doing 30 or a few sets of 12? really you must be skinny as hell because I bust out like 300 reps at least in a single ab routine.
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post #11 of 36
11/5/09 at 3:41am
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I am no expert but I have been told by many people to avoid ab workouts such as these where your feet are held down in a position. The reason being is that instead of your abs doing the work, you are essentially putting force into your legs to help pull yourself up. When I switched from doing abs with my feet held in place to having my feet on the ground but forcing myself to keep them their on their own so i dont swing any weight to help, I noticed much faster progress even though the crunches were much harder. And for those of you saying you are getting results doing 30 or a few sets of 12? really you must be skinny as hell because I bust out like 300 reps at least in a single ab routine.

/facepalm
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post #12 of 36
11/5/09 at 4:11am
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/facepalm

Double facepalm.

I have no idea wtf that guy is talking about.

I do 500 sets of squats.

Me > you.
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post #13 of 36
11/5/09 at 4:55pm
Ok so looking at that i ran on and it didn't make much sense so I will make it a little simpler. Decline crunches on a bench, you are using alot of your leg muscles to pull yourself up and stay stableized. This takes away from the amount of work your abs are doing and thus makes the workout not as good for the abs as regular crunches. If you are looking to get more motion into your ab workouts, use an exercise ball. Your core will then be forced to stablize itself more and that = your abs working harder.
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post #14 of 36
11/5/09 at 5:00pm
things better than decline situps:

Squat
Deadlift
Bench
Overhead Press
Clean
Clean + Jerk
Snatch
Hang Clean
Weighted Captains Chair
Kettlebell swings
Dumbbell swings

But yeah feel free.
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post #15 of 36
11/5/09 at 5:47pm
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Still can't visualize it. Care to show me a picture?

Thanks

Picture yourself lying on your back and some fellow is straddling your chest with his groin near your mouth. Your arms are grasping his hips holding him in tight.

Now substitute him for a 25lb plate.

Do you still need a picture?

lefty
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