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When most people attempt to perform ab workouts at home, they usually just lie on the floor and engage in a marathon of crunch repetitions. This all too common approach will never lead to a well-balanced set of six pack abs.

First of all, the crunch can only serve a purpose to some beginners. Once you become strong enough to bang out sets of 50 or more, the resistance the crunch provides is just too little to cause a training effect.

Secondly, the crunch only trains the abs in one range of motion: flexion of the trunk. Flexing the trunk is only one of the many ranges of motion that your abdominal muscles are capable of. Any well designed ab workout will include exercises that target all major ranges of motion. The bottom line is, the crunch alone can never provide a complete ab workout.

What you need to do is perform several different ab exercises, with each on working your abs in a different plane of motion. This is not as confusing as it may sound. With a basic understanding of how your abs work, this concept is quite simple.

Don’t worry, I promise I’m not to give you a boring anatomy lesson. Instead, I’m going to take all of the guesswork out and provide you with a ready to use workout. Additionally, this workout will require no equipment at all, making it “just what the doctor ordered” for those of you who train at home.

1a) Reverse Crunch On Floor 3×20-25 30 sec rest 1b) Straight Body Side Crunch On Floor 3×12 (5sec hold) 30 sec rest 2a) Plank 3×60 sec 30 sec rest 2b) Seated Russian Twists With Leg Cycle 3×20-25 30 sec rest

Here is a description on how each exercise should be performed for maximal results:

Reverse Crunch On Floor- Lie on your back on a mat. Flex both knees and hips to 90 degree angles. Bring knees toward chest by flexing abdominal muscles, raising butt from floor while maintaining a constant knee angle. Return until hips and knees are again extended to 90 degree angles. Repeat for the prescribed number of reps.

Straight Body Side Crunch On Floor- Lie on your side on the floor. Keep your arms straight out above your head. Be sure to keep your legs straight. Lock your fingers together. Now raise both your arms and legs up so that neither are in contact with the floor. Hold this contraction for the prescribed number of seconds.

Plank- Get on the floor in a push up position. Support your body on your forearms and your toes. Be sure to hold your body in a straight line by keeping your abs tight. Do not let your hips or head sag. Hold for the prescribed number of seconds.

Seated Russian Twists With Leg Cycle- Sit on floor and cross your arms across your chest, grabbing the opposite shoulders. Lean back until your upper torso makes a 45 degree angle to the floor. Rotate trunk to the right while simultaneously bringing your right knee towards your chest. At this point your left elbow will be touching your right knee. In a fsmooth motion rotate to the left and repeat on the other side. Continue to alternate until you finish the prescribed number of reps. One full rotation equals one rep.

And there you have it! A simple ab workout you can perform anywhere with no equipment necessary. Do this workout 2-3 times per week for up to a month. After a month, it will be time to progress to a more advanced routine.

Sexy six pack abs are in your near future. Start this routine today and begin seeing results immediately!

A lot of people, despite this being the information age, are still largely out of the loop when it comes to fitness and getting a lean abdomen. Quite a number of aspiring health buffs fall for sly marketing ploys on the web and countless infomercials on TV. All sorts of fitness products, from quick weight-loss pills to abdominal exercise gadgets like the Ab Coaster sell gain fast popularity and sell like hotcakes. Although most of these do work to a degree, they rarely do what people expect- fast, lasting results.

Video ads for the Ab Coaster show your requisite super-fit model on a good-sized exercise machine that look like a modified stationary bike with a movable platform for the knees in place of the seat and pedals. Users give their abs a workout by holding on to support bars and sliding their knees along a rail that curves upwards towards the front. The models look like they’re having fun, but it’s clear just by looking that the Ab Coaster entails serious abdominal work.

The purpose of the Ab Coaster is to mimic the movement of hanging leg raises while eliminating the problem of putting one’s full weight on the arms. To most people, this would appear to be the perfect belly fat burner. A great majority of people that exercise do so to get ripped abs, or fight belly fat at least. For this reason, the Ab Coaster has caused a sensation among fitness circles. However, it still falls short of what it advertises.

Whether it’s shredded gut or just a lean, trim stomach you want, the best thing you can do is eliminating body fat through total body exercise. Experts have discovered a total body workout at low to moderate intensity burns the highest percentage of calories from stored fat. This means a leaner belly, exposing the six-pack underneath.

It’s quite likely that the Ab Coaster is good for getting a trim tummy by developing the stomach muscles, but most people might get impatient with the results specially after plunking down quadruple Benjamins. It might do wonders if Ab Coaster exercises were done as part of a total exercise and diet program that targets total body fat and not just the abdomen, but for $400 hanging leg raises might be a better option for most people during these tough economic times.

In order to achieve the sought after six pack, you must use highly effective ab exercises to sculpt the abdominal musculature. But carving your stomach muscles is only half the story.

To unveil your newly cut up stomach, you must also lose the layer of stomach fat that is laying on top of your abs. The good news is that some exercises accomplish both (ab sculpting and fat loss). The exercise that I’m going to show you in this article is one of these great and highly effective movements.

Typically, the majority of ab exercises work your abs in an isolated fashion. Although these exercises will train your abs, they do not cause a fat burning effect. The exercises that I prescribe are designed to decrease belly fat while simultaneously strengthening and sculpting your ab muscles.

I will now teach you an incredibly effective exercise that provides you with the dual effect that we spoke of above. This ab exercise is named the Parallel Bar Knee Raise. This is an awesome exercise but I must give you a fair warning. This is an advanced and relatively difficult to perform. You must have a reasonable amount of upper body strength before attempting it.

Parallel Bar Knee Raise- With straight elbows, support your body on parallel dip bars. Keep your upper body as upright as possible. Flex hips until they make a 90 degree angle. This is the starting position. From this position, bring knees up to chest and contract your abs intensely. Return to starting position and repeat.

Again, this is somewhat of an advanced exercise. Those of you who have trouble doing it should start off by strengthening your abs with a variety of less difficult exercises.

One great exercise that helps prepare you for the Parallel Bar Knee Raise is the Reverse Crunch. Begin in a horizontal position and progress towards vertical as your abs get stronger. In just a short amount of time, you will be moving on to more advanced movements.

Work hard, expect results and go get your six pack abs!