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Consult your physician before starting any diet and/or exercise plan.The remaining 5 best stomach exercises to help you flatten your stomach and tone your waistline.
In part one of the Perfect Stomach Workout for Any Occasion, you learned five effective stomach exercises to help develop a flat and toned stomach. When trained correctly, your waistline can be one of the most impressive muscle groups of your body. The following five exercises are a follow-up to part one and can help you battle that belly bulge in no time.
Add these five ab exercises to your fitness plan, and you'll have the fabulous waistline you've always desired in no time.
Bicycle Crunches
Muscles Worked
Abdominals (upper and lower) and Obliques
Position and Movement
Lie on the floor with your back flat on the ground.
Start: With your hands behind your head, bring your knees into your body. In a fluid motion, touch your left elbow to right knee.
Finish: Bring yourself back to the ground and alternate between left and right elbows as if you are pedaling a bicycle.
Tip
Speed up the movement as you become more advanced.
Abdominals (upper and lower) and Obliques
Position and Movement
Lie on the floor with your back flat on the ground.
Start: With your hands behind your head, bring your knees into your body. In a fluid motion, touch your left elbow to right knee.
Finish: Bring yourself back to the ground and alternate between left and right elbows as if you are pedaling a bicycle.
Tip
Speed up the movement as you become more advanced.
Reverse Crunches
Muscles Worked
Abdominals (lower)
Position and Movement
Lie down flat on your back with your legs together. You can use a mat or lie on a flat surface.
Start: Lift your legs up to approximately a 90-degree angle.
Finish: Slowly lower your legs back down to the floor without touching the floor.
Tip
You can give your back some extra support by tucking your hands under your butt. Keep your knees slightly bent throughout the entire movement.
Abdominals (lower)
Position and Movement
Lie down flat on your back with your legs together. You can use a mat or lie on a flat surface.
Start: Lift your legs up to approximately a 90-degree angle.
Finish: Slowly lower your legs back down to the floor without touching the floor.
Tip
You can give your back some extra support by tucking your hands under your butt. Keep your knees slightly bent throughout the entire movement.
Swiss Ball Side Crunches
Muscles Worked
Obliques and Abdominals (upper and lower)
Position and Movement
Position the ball in an open area away from any objects that may pose a risk for injury. Carefully lie sideways on the ball so that you're balanced comfortably with your feet touching the floor. Place your hands loosely behind your head, while being careful not to pull on your head with your hands.
Start: With your head, neck, and body in a straight line, lift your upper body up slowly as far as you can comfortably go.
Finish: Hold at the top of the movement for a moment before lowering yourself slowly down and past the start position. Use the ball at this point to help you bend down farther than you could if you were doing this exercise on the floor. This creates a greater range of motion and makes the side abdominal muscles work more.
Tip
Do a set on one side, then switch sides and perform another set on the other side. Continue to alternate in this fashion until you're done. This will allow you to save time and also give each side a chance to recover for the next set.
Obliques and Abdominals (upper and lower)
Position and Movement
Position the ball in an open area away from any objects that may pose a risk for injury. Carefully lie sideways on the ball so that you're balanced comfortably with your feet touching the floor. Place your hands loosely behind your head, while being careful not to pull on your head with your hands.
Start: With your head, neck, and body in a straight line, lift your upper body up slowly as far as you can comfortably go.
Finish: Hold at the top of the movement for a moment before lowering yourself slowly down and past the start position. Use the ball at this point to help you bend down farther than you could if you were doing this exercise on the floor. This creates a greater range of motion and makes the side abdominal muscles work more.
Tip
Do a set on one side, then switch sides and perform another set on the other side. Continue to alternate in this fashion until you're done. This will allow you to save time and also give each side a chance to recover for the next set.
Hanging Leg Raises
Muscles Worked
Abdominals (upper, middle, and lower)
Position and Movement
Using a horizontal bar, position your grip on the bar a little wider than shoulder width. Hang from the bar so your legs are straight down.
Start: With your abs contracted, slowly lift your legs to a 90-degree angle. Pause at the top for a count of two.
Finish: Slowly lower your legs straight down to the starting position.
Tip
For variation in this exercise, try bending your knees or twisting as you lift your legs to hit different sections of your abs.
Abdominals (upper, middle, and lower)
Position and Movement
Using a horizontal bar, position your grip on the bar a little wider than shoulder width. Hang from the bar so your legs are straight down.
Start: With your abs contracted, slowly lift your legs to a 90-degree angle. Pause at the top for a count of two.
Finish: Slowly lower your legs straight down to the starting position.
Tip
For variation in this exercise, try bending your knees or twisting as you lift your legs to hit different sections of your abs.
Medicine Ball Trunk Rotation
Muscles Worked
Abdominals (upper and lower) and Obliques
Position and Movement
Lie on a mat with your low back supported. Bend your knees at a 90-degree angle with your feet on the floor.
Start: With the medicine ball in your hands, extend your arms out in front of you. Rotate your torso to the left, bringing the ball toward the floor without moving your shoulders.
Finish: Twist from left to right, pausing briefly on each side.
Tip
To increase the intensity, choose a heavier medicine ball.
Abdominals (upper and lower) and Obliques
Position and Movement
Lie on a mat with your low back supported. Bend your knees at a 90-degree angle with your feet on the floor.
Start: With the medicine ball in your hands, extend your arms out in front of you. Rotate your torso to the left, bringing the ball toward the floor without moving your shoulders.
Finish: Twist from left to right, pausing briefly on each side.
Tip
To increase the intensity, choose a heavier medicine ball.
