core/abs and stuff

[leatherface]

Ok its been asked a billion times but...lets make it a billion and 1 It seems my abs just might be my new weak link in squating(my abs were always my strongest body part..so im not quite sure), currently im doing them twice a week, 6 sets each time, and that isn't including exercises like deads that hit them indirectly. I usually pick b/w these exercises:
Crunches
Decline crunches with weight
V sits
hanging leg raises
side bends
*some breathing technique where you flex your abs and blow out all of your air, and hold
ab pull downs with a blue jumpstretch band
reverse crunches
eagle sit ups

im sure im forgeting a couple but that about covers it. So is there anything else you guys do that im missing? I usually do 10-20 reps by the way. I think I need some new exercises, or a new way to approach the abs anyhow.

Oh ya, when im doing decline sit ups with weight, it seems to only target my lower back for some reason, even when I try to crunch my way up, anyone else have this problem?

Thanks

 

[b fold the truth]

I never do crunches...ever.

I most always go heavy...10 reps or less.

B True

 

[makedah]

I never do crunches...ever.

I most always go heavy...10 reps or less.

B True

I do what B does! Groovy!


Decline abs kill my low back. (I had an injury when I was a kid, and my back has a lot of arch in it.) So I just don't do 'em anymore. I do weighted pull-downs most of the time for abs, saxon bends and sometimes a twisting move for obliques. I love side bends (with the weight held up in the air) and Turkish get-ups, but they are too hard on my shoulders.

Why do you think that your abs are your weak point now? What are you doing for low back? I know that before I got a stronger 'core', I would feel 'wobbly' under the bar. Is that how you feel?

 

[leatherface]

Well when I was doing box squats a few days ago, i only had 345 on top of me, but it was kinda difficult to breath, just seemed like my abs were starting to 'go' if you know what i mean.