Sit ups and crunches make my back hurt, how else can i get a toned abdomen?

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Doing sit ups and/crunches hurt my back during and after the exercise, and if i do more than about 20-30 i get back aches for hours afterwards. Please help thanks.
I got a sit up bench from Argos http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/3027059A66UC291133M.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3027059.htm&usg=__lZQrnvZrv63K_c0ml9ysI3TJKSM=&h=300&w=250&sz=5&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=aQYz9iboYMQd3M:&tbnh=147&tbnw=140&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpro%2Bpower%2Bsit%2Bup%2Bbench%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DvGD%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D860%26tbs%3Disch:1%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=146&vpy=69&dur=479&hovh=235&hovw=196&tx=72&ty=108&ei=frkqTY2pIsa1hAfzuPm3Dg&oei=frkqTY2pIsa1hAfzuPm3Dg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=34&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0 but i still get back pains when i use it
 
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