If you are trying to get a flat stomach, doing tons of ab exercises for a flat belly won’t get you a 6 pack as quickly as you might think. In fact, most ab exercises do very little to flatten your tummy because they work just like any other exercises that builds muscle, they stress the muscle so that it rebuilds stronger. Ab exercises give you stronger abs, not a flat sexy stomach. But if you want a six pack what are the best exercises?
Before you start working out to flatten your tummy, you must get your diet in order. Once you have a good fat loss diet, get back to the basics of building muscle and burning fat with a good exercise plan. This will do more to flatten your stomach than a bunch of crunches or a crazy late night TV machine will ever do. Building muscle will get your metabolism ramped up so your body will burn more fat all day long.
When you have been working at a good exercise plan, you will want to add some exercises that build your abs and help you burn more fat. That way when your belly flattens, you have a 6 pack to show off.
Here are some of my favorite ab building exercises:
1. Squats
Place the squat bar on your shoulders or use dumbbells and hold them at your shoulder height next to your head. Then just perform a normal squat. The reason this works so well is that your abs have to work extra hard to stabilize the weight at your shoulders. This keeps them tight and working hard throughout the whole movement.
2. Mountain Climbers
Mountain climbers are great for lower abs, but they have to be performed at the right rhythm for them to work properly. Get on your hands and toes as if you’re going to do a push up, then, lift one leg to your chest and return it and repeat with the other leg. Keep doing this until you have finished a set.
3. Full Body Crunches
This is just like a standard crunch except you use your whole body instead of just your upper body. Get into the crunch position, and when you crunch up, pull your knees to your chest, then when you lower your shoulders back down, extend your feet out in front of you. Repeat this without allowing your feet to touch the ground.
If you want to really strengthen your abs, do a couple of sets of cable crunches or weighted crunches.
Ab exercises will strengthen and build your ab muscles, but they do very little to flatten your midsection. If you want a flat belly, you have to focus on total body fat and good nutrition. This is the only way to get a flat stomach and let the 6 pack abs you build show through.
