Ab exercises are one of the most recent, and yet, most contentious topics in the fitness and exercise industry. Hundreds of ab tools, gimmicks, and exercise devices have flooded the market for people seeking sexier and flatter abdominals... that sexy six-pack abs look that everyone seeks.
The issue is that most of the abdominal exercises that are recommended all over the internet, and in publications, etc, are not necessarily the best technique to get that six-pack abs look. First and foremost, the vital aspect for great looking six pack abs is losing the extra stomach fat that is covering them up. To be open, most people already have proper abdominals underneath, yet the six-pack abs are just covered up by all of that extra flabby stomach fat.
Instead of focusing very much on abdominal exercises to make your belly flatter and more like a six-pack, you will shed much more body fat by focusing most of your training time with special patterns of high intensity full-body, multi-joint workout. The best exercises for losing that abdominal weight are the exercises that work the major portions of the body at the same time.
Exercises that work the large muscle groups of the legs, upper and lower vertebrae, and chest give you the biggest metabolic hit for your buck in terms of abdominal fat loss. Merging these types of big multi-joint exercises in high power super-set, tri-set, or circuit mode gives you the biggest fat-burning and metabolism improving response from your exercises.
And that is one of the best kept tricks for flat sexy abdominals that are actually seen as a six-pack!
Now when it comes to abdominal-specific exercises, another mistake most people make is mechanically pumping away with hundreds of crunches and other insignificant abs exercises that hardly give your abdominals much resistance to counteract. If you want to actually develop your abdomen to the best extent possible, don't expend your time with exercises that you can do above 20 or 25 reps... that means you are absolutely not doing an exercise that provides sufficient resistance to the abs. Exercises that give you enough resistance to move you down into the 6-15 rep range per set acts great for the abs.
In general, higher resistance abdominal exercises that provide a much larger impulse to the abs come in the form of exercises that include raising/curling the legs and pelvis either upward or inside closer to the body. A couple great examples of these greater resistance abdominal exercises are dangling leg raises or knee raises using a "pelvic curl up", or an exercise like lying hip thrusts. Several times, the same people that can perform 50 or 100 crunches, can't even complete more than 2 or 3 properly performed hanging leg raises.
If you really want better flatter abdominals that appear like a six-pack, understand that shedding that extra tummy fat is the MOST important factor. Also, when looking at abdominal-specific workouts, always remember higher resistance exercises that require curling/raising the legs and pelvis upward or inward are what develop the ab muscles to the best level possible.
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