Do abdominal exercises make your stomach bigger?
I’ve gained some weight over the last few years, most of it sadly on my stomach. I have been doing crunches, but the "bulge" seems to be getting bigger. Is there any truth to the rumor that doing crunches actually makes you stomach muscles bulge more?

No, but you have to do cardio and such to lose the fat over the muscles so you can see them.
Performing crunches, etc tones the muscle and makes it tighter (and burns the fat that surrounds the muscle), it doesn’t make it bulge.
no… they kinda make your stomach smaller, unless everytime you do a situp you take a bite of a cheese burger.