Best for abs?

Figured I'd save starting another post, I did the captain's chair exercise today, 4 sets of 10 and it just seems effortless. I would get them up to my chest almost but I didn't feel any burn, nothing. So I guess, HOW is this exercise one of the top ranking ab exercises? I know the bicycle exercise does wear your abs out eventually but I am thinking I either did something wrong or, well I really don't think I am fit enough for it to be that effortless. I went back to the declined crunch bench and did 3 sets of 10 on it and got a real burn so whats with the captains chair?

I do 2 minutes of the "bicycle maneuver" followed by one minute of the "captain's chair" (variant). I do the captain's chair like I'm climbing bleachers, one leg after the other. I seem to get more height and more serratus that way. I repeat this 4 times, 3 days a week.

The captain's chair following the bicycle maneuver seems to hit the abs well. (And it's not a isometric exercise.)

I do the balance of my torso work on my alternate days (3 times per week).

Abs are about body fat % and diet. Any core strengthening work is good for the abs. Squats, lunges, pull-ups, planks, hard & heavy lifting.

Abs are about body fat % and diet. Any core strengthening work is good for the abs. Squats, lunges, pull-ups, planks, hard & heavy lifting.

You can have a sloppy midsection (with lots of body fat) and have good, well-developed abdominals.

You can have low body fat, but if you don't have a well-developed torso, you will not have six-pack abs.

A well-thought out abdominal routine would be required.

Yes but a well thought out abdominal routine doesn't have to be as super lame as everyone likes to make them. Those rings are super sweet, and so is unicycling.

You will never meet a trapeze artist with bad abs.

Oh, I found trapeze lessons, I think I may do them.

Yes but a well thought out abdominal routine doesn't have to be as super lame as everyone likes to make them. Those rings are super sweet, and so is unicycling.

You will never meet a trapeze artist with bad abs.

Oh, I found trapeze lessons, I think I may do them.

I have a trapeze over my bed; I didn't know that it was for abdominals though.

I recently have added the "bicycle maneuver" and I've found that it has tightened my torso considerably (in 4 or 5 weeks of work). So I am convinced that torso training can, and should be fine tuned and that one exercise alone will not do the trick.

I still really like Russian twists the best. Or did until some strongman idiot at the gym asked if I could catch for him and threw a 12lb medicine ball at my face, and gave me a fat lip. Jackass.

I still really like Russian twists the best. Or did until some strongman idiot at the gym asked if I could catch for him and threw a 12lb medicine ball at my face, and gave me a fat lip. Jackass.

That's the way guys flirt...

Of *course*! Thank you, Packsy P.!!

some strongman idiot at the gym asked if I could catch for him and threw a 12lb medicine ball at my face, and gave me a fat lip

Les Jagger .

I always like doing reverse crunches with a light medicine ball between my feet on a decline bench. I usually will burn out only after 15 reps. I also like doing the hanging leg raise and wind shield wipers. This is where you hang from a pull bar and bring your feet to eye level keeping your legs straight. You then bring it down to the side and back up around to the other side like the wind shield wipers on your car. Right no I can only do a few. the last one I do is the crunch on the stability ball holding a dumb bell. These 3 exercises makes my abs sore for days after doing them.

Happiness lies, first of all, in health - George William Curtis
Lower Ab Exercises