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Ab training...

I've recently run into a little problem with my ab training. You see, I've always been able to do incredeble amounts of situps and crunches -- I can now do 1000 consecutive crunches easily. This makes my ab training a nightmare due to the fact that it takes 400+ reps before I begin to feel anything. In fact, all that moving up and down tends to give me a fukking headache... I have experimented with decline and weighted crunches, but when doing so my stabilizers (the hip muscles) always fail before my abs. The last time I trained abs I set the bench to maximum declination (almost vertical), and put a 10-kilo weight behind my head. I managed to get 25 reps before my hips failed me and I almost fell off the board. My abs didn't feel anything, no burn whatsoever.

I was wondering if anybody had any ideas they could pass on. As it is, I fukking dread my next half-hour crunch session...
 
lol....sounds like you get one hell of a set of abs there bro....I'm not sure if you're going for strength or for fat burning purposes, but.....if you're trying to burn fat.....do your abs in sets of 30-40 with about 10-20 seconds in between each set. Just my .02
 
I'm FAR from an ab expert, but I'd give bigmag's idea a shot. Also, have you tried doing real slow sets of crunches? Not sure what they're called. But I think it's like 5 seconds up, hold for 5, 5 secs down. Might work, but you might run into the exact same problem. Worth a shot.
 
Not sure what type of form you are using for your crunches- but here are a few that helped me get more ab work in less time...
when on decline ab bench, instead of hooking ankles under pads, try to squeeze seat pad with calves- this helps take hip flexors out of the movement.
When crunching on floor, position elevated legs with bent knee past point of perpendicular to floor (toward toes) about 4".
Expelling all air from stomach before ab work makes for a better contraction, as well as tightening the low abs muscles which constrict the flow of urine- sorry, I don't know a better way to say it.
just a few ideas, hope it helps some. :)
 
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