What is the best exercise to get tight abs?
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do front crunching about 100 a day and also do backward crunches about 100 a day....and who will start noticing a differnce in 3 days...but you have to do them everyday....dont skip a day...alteast 10-15 mins a day.
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Crunches are the way to go.  The most effective crunches to do are the bicycle kind.  Where your elbow meets the opposite knee.  And for your lower abs put your feet and booty up in the air and reach for them while doing your crunches.  Also while your feet are up in the air you can push them toward the ceiling.  Just remember slow and controlled.  That is key in any crunch you do.
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you could always do a bunch of crunches and stuff every night....or even pilates or something like that. im personally pretty fond of pilates...it's a really good ab workout
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push ups (chest) and sit ups (abs)\n\nmake different kinds of both\n\nkick-boxing moves are good for your abs too\n\nsome products can help too
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do this:\n Lie on your back with your arms at your sides and your left heel on a Swiss ball, ankle flexed so your toes point toward your shin. Draw your right knee toward your chest. Keeping the knee tucked, slowly raise your hips by contracting your glutes so that just your head, shoulders, and arms are touching the floor. (Your body should form a straight line from your head to your left heel.) Lower your hips to the floor and repeat for the specified number of reps. Then switch positions so your right heel is on the ball and repeat.\n\n it works your abs but you can really feel it in your ass, difficult and effective.i got it out of a mens health issue
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lots of ab work!\neg crunches, reverse crunches, twisting crunches, fit ball work, hovers, deep abdominal work.. even just keeping your stomach in tight when doing day to day things.!
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ab workouts roman chair situps and leg lifts are the best ab developing workouts you can work abs twice a week since they are a slowtwitch muscle fiber and heal faster.  Abs shouldn't be done daily with 100 crunches this and 100 of that abs are not a cardio.  you have to lower your overall bodyfat % to improve your abdomen.  Butt... lying leg curls revers lunges with dumbells and cardio 20-45min a day 3-4times a week.  Hip flexes too for butt.  kind of like doing a bridge on your back and humping the air on top of you flexin the cheeks lol... good for developing sex skills too lol.
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There is no exercise that will give you a six pack fast.\n\nFirst and foremost, stay away from any ab machine you see on TV as they are simply a waste of money and barely effective.  \n\nThe abdominal muscles work just like any other muscle and have to be challenged as such. If you want muscular abdominals, you have to challenge them with resistance and good form just like you would your chest, your back or any other muscle for that matter. Targeting the correct energy system is imperative. This means you should never enter into the aerobic phase of this exercise, ideally keeping it under 2 minutes at most. \n\nThink of rolling a carpet and contracting fully on the top of the movement and squeeze. If you do them correctly, you shouldn't be able to do more than 30 crunches. Any more than that, and you're probably doing them half-azz, incorrectly or with a partial range of motion.\n\nFor the upper abs, focus on crunches which effectively work the abdominals better than sit-ups or any machine on the market.\n\nFor the lower abs, keep in mind there is very little muscle tissue there so decreasing levels of body fat is the most effective way to bring out the best in this area. Hanging leg raises, v-situps and reverse curls are among some of the best exercise for this region. Always make sure your pelvis curls up to maximize lower abdominal contraction during these exercises.\n\nAs far as fat loss and getting ripped goes, cardio, cardio, cardio. Abdominal exercises alone will never burn fat from your abdominal area.  You must do cardiovascular exercise to accomplish this.  Cardio is best in the morning, on an empty stomach at about 70-80% of your maximum heart rate for about 30-45 minutes. This combined with a common sense diet will quickly shed body fat so you can actually see those abs you've developed. \n\nI would encourage you to seek the advice and guidance of a personal trainer in your area for further education on these principles. Please ensure you start off at a very basic level for crunches and cardio if you are a beginner.\n\nHere's a good list of ab exercises:\nhttp://preventdisease.com/fitness/Strength_Exercises_abdominals.html
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No stomach exercises are easy. Persistence and determination are the best things. Crunches work great if you are determined. Try some leg raisers. Lay flat on your back and lift your legs up to the ceiling and even bringing them back over your head. This does wonders for the lower abs. Do them slow and controlled. Also, you say you go to the gym. Ask them their as there are many different ones you can do. Watch them also and learn.
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Start with 20 crunches lifting your legs at a 90 degree angle for your lower stomach. Lift your legs above the ground and keep them there while you do crunches for the upper portion of your abs. Do side cruches for a slimmer waist. And finally cross one leg over the other and do crunches connecting your left elbow to your right knee. crunch first then connect elbow to knee. Continue to add crunches the more you get use to it. HAVE FUN! :)
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First you need to loose fat. Start doing some weight training. Also try some high intensity interval training. Directions for that are here.\nhttp://www.stayingdedicated.com/Fitness%20Site/Library/List/QandA/articles/high_intensity_interval_training.htm\nTo get your abs firm and bigger, you do want to target them with a set of weighted decline situps. However most of the training for abs happens when you target your legs. Any form of squats and deadlifts are great for abs. They are also big fat burners.
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you have to excercise your abs. do some crunches.
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The best workout for the abs is crunches. Dance or move for about five minutes then do about 25 crunches a day twice. And another one is lie on a mat and pull your legs together high up do it about 10 to 20 times. Also Dancing is good, for specific like belly dancing thats why they are in shape, like Shakira she's got good abs because she is the best belly dancer. And Cardio exercises like walking or running on the treadmill and increase speed and incline as time goes by. And thats the best ways to look great. Good luck. And in no time you will see a big change.
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you can get really toned abs by doing cardio exercises along with daily crunches , following a low calorie diet.
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Try these \nCrunches\nLie on your back with your hands crossed across your chest or with your fingers on the sides of your head. Place your feet on the floor with legs bent. To begin the exercise, lift your torso, lifting shoulder blades off the floor and crunching your rib cage towards your lower belly. Hold for two counts, then lower slowly to the starting position. Repeat for 16 slow repetitions, take a brief rest and repeat for 1 or more sets.\n\nReverse Crunches\nLie on your back with knees bent, feet a few inches off the floor. Slowly contract the abdominals, focusing on rotating the pelvis up and bringing your knees towards your rib cage. Concentrate on letting your abs do the work. Hold at the top then slowly lower your knees to the starting position. Repeat for 16 reps, less if you feel your lower back arching off the ground. Rest and repeat for 1 or more sets\n\n\nBall Crunches\nLie face-up with the ball resting under your mid/lower back. Cross your arms over the chest or place them behind your head. Contract your abs to lift your torso off the ball, pulling the bottom of your ribcage down toward your hips. As you curl up, keep the ball stable (i.e., you shouldn't roll). Lower back down, getting a stretch in the abs, and repeat for 1 set 12-16 reps.\n\nOblique Crossover Crunches\nLie on your back with knees bent, hands behind your head. Keeping lower back pressed into the floor, lift your shoulder blades off the floor and then curl your upper body diagonally across your body towards your right knee. Contract your abs and obliques as hard as you can at the top of the movement. Lower back down and repeat for 16 reps on the same side before switching sides. Do 1 or more sets.
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Exercises: Crunches are very effective at toning the abdominal muscles. Do one set of 20 every morning before you get dressed: Lie on the floor with your knees bent. Lock your hands behind your head, and bring your elbows and knees together by flexing your abdominal muscles. Aim your elbows and chest toward the ceiling; lift shoulder blades 2 inches (5 cm) off floor. Avoid fully extending your legs, as this can place too much strain on your lower back.\n\nActivities: Great ab workouts include rowing, tennis and yoga. These activities work the entire set of abdominal muscles, promoting overall strength. (They're also much more fun than sit-ups and crunches.)
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One ab exercise is where you put your head and shoulders (face up) on the ball, make your stomach and back straight, and make you're shins point up towards the ceiling and hold this stretch. Here's another, you put you're forearms on the ball (face down)and make youre back straight and put your feet up on their toes on the floor and hold it. And if you want to stretch you're abs and not work them, lay down on the ball and put youre hands on the ground on one side of it and put you're feet on the other side and hold.