What are the best exercises to really work the abs directly?

Ab wheel and some oblique exercises?

bench

hangin leg raises

>>37985516
>do hanging knee raises
>feel absolutely nothing
What am I doing wrong?

>>37985536
you're not working your abs

>>37985536
>keep back straight
>focus on using core muscles to lift
>don't cheat with momentum

you faggot do it right

Try working your core? I went through the same and im just noticing the changes after starting to implement more core workouts.

Hanging leg raises really hit lower abs for me. Floor or decline crunches for upper abs.

>>37985486
Toes to bar.
Good ROM.
Fairly difficult.
Literally the best ab exercise that doesnt involve advanced calisthenics stuff.

Front squats

>>37985569
Lol

>>37985591
Lol I'm fucking not joking try it with a heavy weight my whole abs become activated I don't ever do isolation exercises.

>>37985516
Let's say I'm too weak to do hanging leg raises, should I do them on the floor?

Are planks any good?

>>37985486
Sorry if this sounds retarded but I was under the impression that doing compound free weight exercises worked the abs enough that it isn't necessary to do additional ab work. Is this information false??

>>37985602
I know that and its absolutely true.
But OP asked how to work abs DIRECTLY and front squats certainly isnt the best way. Also leg raises are far superior in terms of ab activation. Yeah front squats or squats in general utilize the abs a lot but there are far better exercises.

>>37985622
It depends.
Yeah it works abs "enough" but if you want a really strong core you're gonna have to do isolation. Having strong abs and spinal erectors will also help prevent injury in squats and deadlifts in the long run. You'd have to be an idiot to not do any direct core work.

"sit ups"

>>37985486
I do russian twists and abwheel

>>37985616
Leg raises on floor>hanging knee raises>hanging leg raises>Hanging v's

Planks def work, im just more partial to dynamic shit. Make sure you do side planks and try to progress to harder planks if that's the route you wanna take

>>37985835
>leg raises better than hanging leg raises
How?

>>37986036
I meant it as an arrow, as in progress from doing them on the floor to hanging. Not greater than's lol

>>37985486
Sexual intercourse - by far.

>>37986042
Silly misunderstanding haha

>>37985547
>Keeping your back straight
>Ab work

Do you keep your fucking arms straight for dips too?

>>37985486
did that guy's pecs just annexed his front delts?

>>37986856
You're fucking retarded m8

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Deadlift. bitch dead fucking lift.

>>37986875
???

I guy at an MMA gym I used to go to would do situps holding a 20kg plate with arms extended, like start in a bench sort of position and end in an OHP sort of position. No idea if it's legit or not but I tried it once and it was pretty difficult

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>>37985486
ab wheel and planks

Dragon flags.

>>37986906
Deadlift ruins fucking physiques and gives you birth giving hips
If you wanna meme atleast say some shit like do planks

>>37987022
>shit dyels say
stop basing your "expectations" on people on roids who just train upper to get that dere v taper

>>37985516
Does this work if you bend your knees?

Doorway pullup bar here.

>>37985486
Direct ab exercises never did anything for my abs. They "burned", but I never got good abs.

Then I started doing chin ups, front squats, deadlifts and OHP. Hello, abs.

I just pick out two core exercises after cardio everyday. Three sets of 20.
Favorite is Russian twists. Idk why it just is.

>>37986906
This is the correct answer. Add some allahu Akbar's if you feel like you need some isolations

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>>37988325

Prove it.

>>37986856

I know somebody already told you that you are retarded but I do't think you understand how stupid you are, you are that kind of stupid piece of shit that thinks because he thinks he "knows" a little he is totally ignorant and he little "knowledge" is in fact a weak assumption, this is the only thing your retarded thought process can do.

kys, retard.

>>37985486
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekowbKbBNSM
I would suggest this for you

>>37986940
>>37988357
i've been trying to do this for a while but it hurts my lower back and i don't want any injuries. any tips?

>>37988325
weighted ab wheel rollouts.

godddamn

>>37988325

>front squats

the only thing that will terminate my abs.

>>37988447

it means you are too weak or that you haven't learned how to do it with proper form.

>ab wheel
Is this actually a thing?
I thought it was some kind of meme exercise that only crossfitfags do.

>>37988506

Good luck doing crossfit with that exercise

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>>37988506

Its a brilliant exercise for abs.

If Konstantin Konstantinovs does them, you should too.

What is the best and the safest oblique exercise for a guy who has some lower back issues?

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I can never feel and grow my abs no matter how hard I train.I feel all ab exercises on my lower back and hip flexors.I even do them weighted and still no results.I thought abs and oblique gains come fast

How long does it take before your abs feel hard even when they're untensed? Not firm, but actually hard

I have good upper abs but my lower abs are pretty bad, I have being doing planks, crunches and twists before my regular excercises would anyone recommend anything else to help blast lower?

>>37989299
no muscle group feels hard when its not flexed you dyel reard

>>37985486
Dragon flags & ab rollouts

This was given to my cousin by a trainer at Planet Fitness
Rate this ab workout.
Sit ups
Butter fly sit ups
Crunches
High reaches
Low reaches
Bicycle kicks
Flutter kicks
Frogs
Raised frog
And leg lifts
25 each.

>>37989302
The rectus abdominis is a continuous single muscle which flexes and extends in uniform. The lower section is in a part of the body that retains more bodyfat. You cannot work out upper or lower abs; you can work out abs and lose bodyfat.

>>37985486
Squats and deadlifts.

>>37989584
lol wat

Please stop giving retarded advice.

>>37985486

Decline weighted crunches

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>>37990243
not true. a common myth though. see pic.

>>37986165
Haha

>>37990243

you sound like the typical /fit/ loser trying desperately to show knowledge but fail at it even though it is basic knowledge that is how ignorant you are.

kys.

>>37988310
Works less if you have your knees bent since less torque, but it still does something. Try holding a weight with your feet maybe

>>37989575
Pecs do, skinnyfat