Ab Exercises

Abdominal Exercises That Will Tone Your Stomach

Let's talk about Ab Exercises. That's why you came to this site after all, right? Abdominal exercises are the way you go about making your abs stronger and more distinguished. There are many places that claim to have the best and only ab exercises. They claim that if you do these exercises or use this machine or take this pill, that you will get grand results quickly. Most of that is just marketing and the results never live up to the hype. Below you will find some time tested methods that have uncomparable results.

On this page you will find some of the obvious and classic ab exercises. But what else would you expect? These are the most famous and widely used because they WORK. It may not be as quickly as you would prefer, but there is no doubt that if you get into the habit of doing these exercises regularly, you will get a firm stomach. But just be sure that you lose the fat the is covering your abdominal muscles.

Ab Crunch
Elevated Sit-Up
Torso Twists

Ab Muscle Toning

Most all ab exercises can give and add muscle mass to your abdominal area. But not every exercise can tone your stomach and give you a six pack. There are some exercises that are better than others and forming and shaping your abdominal muscles to what you want them to look like.

The ab exercises below are pretty good at strengthening AND toning your abdominal muscles, but also visit our Tone Stomach page.

Abdominal Exercises

Ab Crunch

	1.) Step One Lie on you back.
	2.) Step Two Place your feet on the floor as close to your bottom as possible and place your knees together.
	3.) Step Three Rest your hands across you chest.
	4.) Step Four Slowly raise your shoulders off the floor by contracting only the abdominal muscles, keeping your lower back on the floor.
	5.) Step Five Hold that position for a second and breath out forcefully.
	6.) Step Six Slowly relax the stomach muscles and allow your shoulders to return to the floor. Repeat 10-12 times. Do as many sets you can with at least a minute rest in between.

Elevated Sit-Up

	1.) Step One Lie flat on the ground with your knees bent and legs elevated on a bed or a chair.
	2.) Step Two Place your hands and arms across your chest and shoulders.
	3.) Step Three Pull yourself up until your chest touches your knees, while keeping your rear on the floor.
	4.) Step Four Then slowly lower back down and repeat the process. Do several reps and sets, whatever number you are able to.

Torso Twists

	1.) Step One Stand firmly with feet shoulder width apart
	2.) Step Two Twist to the left and hold for a couple of seconds. Tighten your ab muscles while you twist.
	3.) Step Three Twist to the right and hold.
	4.) Step Four Return to starting position then repeat 10-12 reps, 2-3 sets

Abdominal Exercise Tips

Remember the importance of regular breathing as you go through your abs exercise routine. Also remember to do these abdominal exercises in reps and sets. It is more effective if you do fewer repetitions at a time, divided into sets, than to just try and do as many as you can at once. You will find that you are able to do more reps if you break it into sets, than if you dont.

Final Thoughts

Abdominal exercises can be a very effective tool to get you a flat stomach, but it takes dedication and consistancy to accomplish it. Don't get intimidated or discouraged at the thought of regular abs exercise. It will be more difficult at first, but as you get into a regular routine you will find that it gets easier. And when you start seeing visible results, you will be even more motivated to go the distance.

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