RepSenseiAbs exercises
Your abs brace your trunk so you can lift, carry and twist without your spine taking all the strain. In the gym they keep your torso rigid under a heavy squat or deadlift, and they curl your ribcage towards your hips in moves like crunches and hanging leg raises.
The main muscle is the rectus abdominis, the long strap down the front of your stomach. Underneath sits the transverse abdominis, a deep layer that wraps around like a belt.
Training tips
- Train them like any other muscle: pick a few exercises you can load, such as cable crunches or weighted planks, and progress them over time.
- On crunches and leg raises, think about curling your ribs towards your pelvis rather than just swinging your legs or pulling on your neck.
- Visible abs depend mostly on body fat, not on the number of sit-ups. Train them for strength and control, and let diet handle the rest.
Form guides
Abs exercises you can do at home (60).
Top 40 abs exercises
- PlankNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- 3/4 Sit-UpNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Air BikeNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Alternate Heel TouchersNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Barbell Side BendBarbell · Beginner · also works obliques, lower back
- Bent-Knee Hip RaiseNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side BendsCable · Beginner · also works obliques
- Bottoms UpNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Butt-UpsNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Cable CrunchCable · Beginner · also works obliques
- Cable Judo FlipCable · Beginner · also works obliques
- Cable Reverse CrunchCable · Beginner · also works obliques
- Cable Russian TwistsCable · Beginner · also works obliques
- Cable Seated CrunchCable · Beginner · also works obliques
- CocoonsNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Cross-Body CrunchNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Crunch - Hands OverheadNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Crunch - Legs On Exercise BallNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- CrunchesNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Dead BugNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Decline Oblique CrunchNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Decline Reverse CrunchNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Dumbbell Side BendDumbbell · Beginner · also works obliques
- Elbow to KneeNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Exercise Ball CrunchExercise ball · Beginner · also works obliques
- Exercise Ball Pull-InExercise ball · Beginner · also works obliques
- Flat Bench Leg Pull-InNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Flat Bench Lying Leg RaiseNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Jackknife Sit-UpNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Janda Sit-UpNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Knee/Hip Raise On Parallel BarsOther · Beginner · also works obliques
- Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique TwistsCable · Beginner · also works obliques
- Landmine 180'sBarbell · Beginner · also works obliques, glutes, lower back
- Leg Pull-InNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Lower Back CurlNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Medicine Ball Full TwistMedicine ball · Beginner · also works obliques, shoulders
- Oblique CrunchesNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- Oblique Crunches - On The FloorNo equipment · Beginner · also works obliques
- One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side BendsCable · Beginner · also works obliques
- One-Arm Medicine Ball SlamMedicine ball · Beginner · also works obliques, lats, shoulders
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