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Which Abdominal Exercise Is Best?

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These ab exercises are listed in order from most effective to least effective.
  • Bicycle maneuver

  • Captain's chair*

  • Crunches on an exercise ball

  • Vertical leg crunch

  • Torso Track

  • Long-arm crunch

  • Reverse crunch

  • Crunch with heel push

  • Ab Roller

  • Hover

  • Traditional crunch

  • Exercise tubing pull

  • Ab Rocker

*Captain's chair: You need a piece of gym equipment to do this. In essence, you lift and lower your knees toward your chest while gripping handholds and pressing your back against a back pad.

Source: American Council of Exercise




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