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Great article showing you how to get a six pack.

http://www.returnofkings.com/7352/3-ab- ... -must-know

The best exercise is the leg raise. I do them on the floor and a few hanging leg raises a couple times a week. It will rip your abs to shreds!

I personally don't think ab exercises are necessary if you are doing other compound exercises. My abs are generally obscured by fat, but when I leaned down to compete in bodybuilding contests a few years ago it turned out that I had big block abs even though I didn't exercise them.

Cornfed wrote:I personally don't think ab exercises are necessary if you are doing other compound exercises. My abs are generally obscured by fat, but when I leaned down to compete in bodybuilding contests a few years ago it turned out that I had big block abs even though I didn't exercise them.

Pretty much how it works. I only do ab exercises very rarely, to help my strict standing presses and squats, if my abs are a weak point. Even then there's no magic to it, I just do weighted situps on a decline bench.

Also, an ab exercise isn't gonna do anything if your bodyfat is high. Abs requires really low bodyfat. Generally around 10% or even single digits. At those bodyfat levels, you'll have veins popping out in places, and abs. Basically, every single "ab exercise" thing is a total utter scam in how it's presented, as you'll never see your abs if you're over 10% bodyfat. There's a saying "Abs are made in the kitchen."