Abdominal Crunch or Sit-Ups?

[Caster]

Hello.
I would like some more definition of my abs. Whenever I'm at the gym I do the abs, but I'm not sure about the best way to do them. Which and why do you perform the one you do? Do you do anything besides situps or the crunch?

(Abdominal Crunch)

[lovinthis]

leave out all that running adn cario stuff.... i always recieve defering answers to this question crunches or situps! MIND Boggling , i want a six pac sniff snivel soooob
People complain about situps sgiving u back pains... which is more effective

[beefcurry1]

i personally get a good burn doing crunches on the big rubber ball. i like doing those and the boxer ab training where you lay in crunch position with your abs flexed and rotate from side to side and have someone throw/bounce a 10 lbs medicine ball on your stomach until you give up. also hanging leg raises.

leave out all that running adn cario stuff

i disagree with what you said loveinthis. running and cardio are about the best way to get a 6 pack. crunches and situps will only make the abs themselves bigger, losing overall bodyfat is the only way to make them show up, running and cardio.

[Caster]

Ok, thanks for the info. I play soccer two-three times a week so I guess I get my cardio there.

[Alex(AJ)]

cardio+diet

ab work is to strengthen them to prevent injuries on movements like deadlifts, not to define them

[Aurora]

im sick of people being so superficial when it comes to weight training.. personally I do crunches, up it up with twist crunches or twist situps whatever you decide and throw a weight on you to make it even harder

[lovinthis]

now man, when i said forget all that cario stuff i meant, leave it out in this discussion. Most definatly Cardio is a must for a six pac. I just wanted to find out which was mor EFFECTIVE

[lovinthis]

now man, when i said forget all that cario stuff i meant, leave it out in this discussion. Most definatly Cardio is a must for a six pac. I just wanted to find out which was more EFFECTIVE for working the abs... sit-ups or crunches... i can't figure it.
Plus situps give me back pain (anyone else suffer from this?)

[beefcurry1]

you know you could have sved yourself an extra post by editing your other post. just thought id mention it.

back on the topic, i like ball crunches, they dont hurt my back and i get a great burn, id give them a shot, see how you like them.