Favorite Ab Exercises?

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   I need to do more specific training of my abdominals.
So I was wondering....what are your favorite Ab exercises? Or if not favorites, which ones have you found to be most effective for throwing?
Thanks!

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eclarkhb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10/28/11 Location: Surf City, USA Status: Offline Points: 865	Post Options Post Reply Quote eclarkhb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Favorite Ab Exercises? Posted: 12/31/11 at 9:01am
	I need to do more specific training of my abdominals. So I was wondering....what are your favorite Ab exercises? Or if not favorites, which ones have you found to be most effective for throwing? Thanks!

Wayne Hill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postaholic Joined: 8/29/04 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2935	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wayne Hill Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12/31/11 at 9:09am
	Russian twists.
	"We may be small, but we're slow." - MIT Rugby

D. Haakenson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10/04/11 Status: Offline Points: 236	Post Options Post Reply Quote D. Haakenson Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12/31/11 at 9:21am
	The best ab exercises for throwers is throwing. But when your hands get too torn up, I think plate twists and swings are pretty good.

C. Smith Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Retired Joined: 8/30/04 Location: Antarctica Status: Offline Points: 6661443	Post Options Post Reply Quote C. Smith Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12/31/11 at 9:28am
	This is what I always recommend: http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/21st_century_core_training_1

eclarkhb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10/28/11 Location: Surf City, USA Status: Offline Points: 865	Post Options Post Reply Quote eclarkhb Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1/02/12 at 4:24am
	Awesome article! Thanks!!

Alan H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postaholic Account banned. Joined: 5/19/08 Status: Offline Points: 3135	Post Options Post Reply Quote Alan H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1/03/12 at 5:33am
	I call them "hammer wind ab crushers" and I got 'em from Josh Grace. Like this....grab a small med ball or a 10 lb plate. Get on a roman chair facing upwards - that's butt on the pads, gut facing the ceiling.. You could also do this by sitting on an exercise ball with your feet hooked under a bench or something. Hold the med ball / plate out down by your knees with arms at full length. Now, SLOWLY move that ball around as if you were winding hammer. REACH for it.... don't go fast.. REACH out to the sides. I do ten going one way...take a breather and then do ten going the other way. I also sometimes do what are essentially hammer winds with a 25 pound powerball, but go a lot faster than the ab crusher thing, as above. ....and Russian Twists on an incline board. If I had the oomph, I'd do window wipers, but I settle for hanging in the captains chair and doing straight-leg lifts.