Abs Exercises: 18 of the Best To Add to Your Workout
If you're a guy who wants washboard abs for summer, you've come to the right place FANGXIANUO GETTY IMAGES Six-pack exercises don't start and end with sit-ups. As any proud owner of six-pack abs will attest, it takes more than just endless crunches, twists and sit-ups to achieve your goal of a cobblestone core. In fact, you may want to abandon crunches all together if you want to get smart on your six-pack. A warning: when it comes to the abs exercises below, you'll want to get comfortable with the feeling of being uncomfortable. Despite nothing hurting as much as the day after you blitz your core in the gym, the results are always worth the aches and pains. Abs, you see, are much more than a chiseled torso and an excuse to wear a tight t-shirt , they are also one of the most important muscles in your body and having a stronger core will help your strength in other lifts — helping your numbers on bench presses, overhead work, deadlifts and squats creep u