Basic Exercises to Help you Gain Flat Stomach Abs

If you have noticed a layer of fat that wraps around your abdominal muscles, it would mean that you should do serious commitment on performing exercises if you want your flat abs to show.

Cardio exercises are the most effective as they allow you to not only lose the belly fat, but also to burn fat in the rest of your body.

The following are exercises you need to practice on to start making your dream of having six pack abs come true.

1. The Bicycle exercise

This pertains to a bicycle exercise that doesn’t actually require the use of a bicycle. All you have to do is lay flat on a floor mat and do numerous repetitions of a pedaling motion, as if you’re really riding on a bicycle. This would allow the enhancement of your rectus abdominis, the ‘six pack abs’ and your obliques, the waist.

2. Knee Tucks

Sit down on a chair, keeping proper posture as you take grip on the sides of the chair. Extend your legs out at a 45 degree angle, pull your knees into your chest, and revert them into starting position. Do this for a couple of repetitions. This drill will help stabilize your body and work out your abs by squeezing them. As a result, flat stomach abs will be developed.

The following are in need of basic equipment, a large exercise ball. The exercise ball is an excellent tool to strengthen the abs, the rectus abdominis.

3. Ball Knee tucks

To start, your stomach should lay on ball. Using your hands, walk forward bringing the ball on your thighs. Raise your hips and roll the ball towards your hands then bring your knees to your chest. Again, lift your hips and continue to roll the ball until your body is parallel to the floor.

This execution increases your balance, stability, and muscle strength. It would contract your abs therefore enhancing your abdominal muscles.

4. Ball pikes

This exercise is similar to knee tucks, however, they are more complicated and very challenging. Instead of the regular ball knee tucks, knees must be slightly bent with the hips only lifted up by a few inches and higher as you progress. The central point in this execution is that as you use the abs to draw the hips us and therefore rolling the feet on top of the ball, the abs are energized and thus strengthened. This would develop your six pack abs.


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