Getting back in Shape

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Well after taking a good hard look at myself, I am pretty upset how I let myself get out of shape. I'm about 6'2" and about 165 lbs, so it's not like I am over weight, I just lost a lot of the nice definition I used to have. I have a nice weight center in my basement that needs to be put together to help. I used to have a nice 6 pack, and toned muscles and really nice build legs (In High School I was able to nearly lift 800 lbs with my legs..the good old days lol)

My question is, what are some really good ab work outs? I know the startard crunches but I don't seem to notice much improvements. My doc said it might be because I had my stomach muscles cut in 3 different places when I had my appendix removed. So I'm looking for some hardcore techniques that concentrate hard on those muscles. The surgeon told me before surgery (about 3 1/2 years ago now) that once stomach muscles are cut you have a 10% chance to gain muscle tone back in that area.. so I might be SOL anyways.

Any help would be really appreciated because all the info I can find are just the normal ab workouts.

Thanks. =-D

oohhhhh.. those sound painful, FUN! But sounds like something I need to work up to. So should I do the normal crunches and such first and than go tot he Russian Twists?

I need to get back into shape too!
I get too wrapped up in things and let things go.. It sucks

It really does! I couldn't even believe how much I let myself go. Like I said I knwo I am far from voer weight but I have always had a nice toned body, and it's just out the window.Adam and I have decided that after the new year we are gonna start going organic, cut out all the addittives and perservatives and such. Alittle more money but worth it in the long run.

I was thinking about cutting out food! lol

Here Yah Go Eddie, my own personal ab work out for at home when I cant get to the gym.First do 30 crunches, the kind where you crunch your stomach while only lifting your shoulderblades off the ground and not your whole back. Second do 30 crunches like the above way, but work on one side at a time putting one foot out in the air and then lifting your opposite elbow to that knee. After doing one side alternate to the other. Third do put your legs at a 90 degree angle like this: o_/ the circle is your head the _ is your back / is legs So in this position lifting only your shoudlers off the ground reach for your toes 30 times. Fourth lean your body on its left side and do 30 side crunches, when done alternate and do 30 on your right. Again as always do not lift the opposite shoulder blade of the ground the is supporting your back on the ground. Fifth, laying on your back, spread your legs up into a V shape with your knees in the up position. At that point without lifting your lower back off the group push threw the center of your V 30 times. Sixth lay you like this on the ground o_| with your feet pointing up in the air and your button the ground. Place your hands on the side of you for support and life your butt of the ground 30 times (this is the hardest exercise and if you cant to it at first try to do as many as possible for skip this one at the begining of first tryingthis rountine. Seventh do 30 bicycle crunches. There are basically the same as the second exercise I explained to you excpt you alternate inbetween each one going from left to right like your riding a bike. Eight put your elbows on the groundand take your fingers and push on your abdominal area as you do the same cruches you did in excersie one....at this point you should feel pretty sore...do this 30 times and feel your abs flex as you push down on them. On the 30th one hodl your shoulder blades in the up position and try to freeze there for 30 seconds. That will really finish you off. If possible do this twice a day. Once either in the morning or afternoon and again at night. You will still have results if you do it once a day on a regular basis, but two will yield firmer and more obvious results. It should only take you 10 minutes per session. So 20 minutes a day of you do it twice. If you have any questions or iddnt understand one of the exercises let me know and Ill try to further explain a step or answer your question. Hope this helps, goodluck. P.S. You will see a difference probably in 3 weeks, but you will be able to tell that changes are on their way after a week in how there is a difference in the feel regarding the strength of the muscles in your stomach. While it may not be visible that first week you will know somethign is going on down there.