Are there any good workouts for your abs?

Should I be doing old fashion crunches?
Or do you think I should be buying a machine that helps it?

pilates? bender ball? jillian michaels video?

Help! What do you suggest?

Re: Are there any good workouts for your abs?

i think good old fashion crunches and weighted sit-ups work the best, if you go to a gym then use the incline bench with weight (or work up to the weight) sit-ups

Re: Are there any good workouts for your abs?

Planks!!! I do planks on the floor but have recently started doing planks on the swiss ball. I hold for around 2 minutes and it is a killer!

Weighted ab cable crunches are great, reverse crunches, pikes on a swiss ball are also toughies!

Re: Are there any good workouts for your abs?

i would suggest renting or buying a video that targets abs. (i think there is one free on demand). you need to get at all your ab muscles - all three or four of them.

Re: Are there any good workouts for your abs?

Planks you mean like Planks that you do in yoga?
I have a foam roller and I used to do planks position and roll back and forth.

I don't have good abs at all but Yoga is really helping.