I just spent 16 hours at a weekend seminar instructed by Dr. Stuart McGill, who is a world renowned spinal biomechanics researcher and who works with many world class athletes from many different sports. I have been following his work for about 15 years. Please take his advise and stop doing sit ups, crunches and the many other "abdominal" exercises that put repetitive flexion into the spine as these will many times eventually cause disc damage including herniations. He knows this because he has researched it in his lab at the Univ of Waterloo.
Here is a video form NY Times Magazine featuring his big four exercises.
Can you see why these exercises are much better for building the core?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kukmaW9CmSU
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