alternatives to crunches

[JC Warrior]

For less boring, more challenging, way worse "holy **** i'm sore" feeling, and less time get an ab wheel. Roy Jones used the ab wheel as a staple of his camps and you see it didn't hurt his physique....and he has terrific genetics...but i digress.

While I'm a huge fan of the ab wheel I wouldn't quit doing crunches. Crunches alone won't give you ripped abs but they sure will help keep you from pooping your pants from a straight gut punch. As speedkillz mention doing only 75 isn't going to do too much for you, try to really up the amount and the interval.

Something you may consider that helped me tide the boredom of high repition exercises is not focusing on a specific number so much but more a specific time. It helped me tremendously to put on Round 10 from Holyfield V Bowe #1 and just rap out crunches for 3 minutes while listening to Lampley cry out "Look at Holyfield, what a warrior!". Doing this for a couple rounds can save your mind from the boredom of the rep count.

[Juniorvt]

make sure your doing your crunches right, people who can do a hundred can only do 20 when they do it with the proper way

[mrh1275]

thanks for the advice lads..i;m going to try something like this
circuit x 5 sets of leg raises,crunches,russian twists,and ab wheel rollouts ..and finish with a bridge.

[xSOUTHPAWx]

google reverse crunches and jacknifes.. get on a decline and get someone to toss you a medicine ball back and forth...

i can do crunches untill the sun comes up and not feel a burn

p.s. try doing half situps.. where u almost do a full situp but hold it in the midpoint for 3 seconds.. those work when ur at home and being lazy

[lukeybg]

yeh my girlfriend use to do about 500 crunches a night till i had to tell her she wasnt doing them properly then she could hardly do 10

[lyrical]

yeh invest in one of these

Where do you get one of these?

[leff]

Where do you get one of these?

in shops that sell weight equipment, you can probably order one as well.....ore even build one

[lyrical]

in shops that sell weight equipment, you can probably order one as well.....ore even build one

Im gonna look for one and also get a chin up bar too, i only have limited space so i dont want to get too much ish.

[GTL]

http://www.iwantsixpackabs.com/bodyweight/core_exercises.html

good stuff.. ur welcome

[leff]

am i the only that thinks compound lifts does wonders for you abs?