Does anyone know of good excercises for the abdomen?
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Crunches, sit ups, balance ball, yoga, pilates. You can find videos and books on this at your local public library.
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If your interested in developing your abs and effectively learning exercises and methods to reduce bodyfat in your abdominal area, the best advice I can give you is to stay away from the Ab Chair.\n\nHere are some effective abdominal exercises for your reference. Please seek the advice of a personal trainer for correct execution before attempting any of these.\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/fitness/Strength_Exercises_abdominals.html\n\nHere's a previous post of mine on some great tips on how to effectively develop your abs.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlBM550D3hRcviKly78bfwXsy6IX?qid=20060625112300AA3i6PV
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Pilates is an excellent way to flatten your stomach, strengthen your core muscles and feel more energized.\n\nA healthy, whole-food diet (lots of fruits and veggies, much less fats and processed foods) is also a good way to reshape your body.\n\nBe sure to drink at least 64 oz of water a day.
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This is quoted from FitGuy\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=A9G_fwGGMSVEJAkA6j8ezKIX?show=AA10240897\n\n“stay away from any ab machine as they are simply a waste of money and barely effective. For the upper abs, focus on crunches which effectively work the abdominals better than sit-ups… For 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… and getting ripped goes, cardio, cardio, cardio. 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 \nFor home routine I recommend this: Jack-knife, Ball Crunch, Lying Leg-Hip Raise, Aerobics (you can buy one of the steppers with a handle and panel)
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Try pilates, it was actually developed as a theraputic exercise to help people recovering from injury. It focuses on your core mucsles. And it will give you deadly abs! Good luck!
659246
omg i have the same problem....i do a work out called cosmopolitan tonetics it works really well one thing i remember for the stomache is go to do a sit up and slowly roll down 1 virtabra at a time slowly and easily then rotate to the sides and do it....trust me u can totally feel it after just 3 times but i do that about 5 times a night and when i wake up i do them 7 so yup yup\nbest of luck:D
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I'd say abdominal exercises but not sit-ups, as they might be harmful for ur lower back (depends on how fit u r overall, though). \n\nTry crunches and do them every day: \n\nhttp://www.fitstep.com/Library/Exercises/Crunches.htm\n\nHere's a fairly good website w photos and explanations:\n\nhttp://www.sixpacknow.com/abdominal_exercises.html \n\nAlso depending on how much of this abdominal fat is on the outside (because abdominal fat can be both inside the abdominal cavity, below the muscles, and outside, below the skin layer), u can get massage and some anti-cellulite cream to help this outer layer of fat go away.
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Hi, you could try some abdominal exercises, since that seems to be the area of discussion.  Make sure your diet is healthy and that you are giving your body what it needs.  How much exercise do you do? How much water do you drink?  Water helps to flush out impurities in the body.
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Situps/abdominal crunches are definately the key to tightening your stomach, you can also try leg raises where you lie flat on the floor are lift your legs slowly about 1 metre high.\n\nFor your arms try lifting some weights, light ones like a can of dog food if you havent done it before. Do this as many times as you can but slowly, that should help.
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the best thing to do when you have time is to do exercises specially for the abdomens called abs.. it always looked like after having children with all the extra things to do it would be easier to lose weight but it is not.. you  have to burn more calories than you take in and do the certain excerises...leg excerises are good too.. if you ever get a chance walk whenever you can and aroeboics is really great for all over  and burning calories and does make you feel better too.. start out slow then build up to more .....there is some good exercise tapes out there.. i like denise austins videos and exercise tapes.. i know she has one for after having children too..but good luck....
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Sit ups...and lots of them.\nWorked for me.
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hi im a personal trainer.\nthe best exercises would be by doing exercises concentrating on the abs.such as sit ups, it will no take you long to do about 50 st ups each day. if these begin to get boring or too easy try ab crunches. another really good exercise is the reverse plank, (can be hard to hod for long time). or you could try when you lie on a flat surface on your back ars by your side, lift your feet 5-10 inches above the floor hold for 15 seconds and repeat 10 tims (twice daily). this will only take you about 5 minutes out of a 24 hour day! definately worth it.\n\nhttp://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises_10.htm (it might help)\n\nGood luck.
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I'm a fitness instructor and would just like to say that doing sit ups to get a toned stomach is a myth!!! the best way to tone up your stomach and lower back is doing a combination of cardio work and weight training!!!joining a gym is your best bet, they can write you out a personalised program to fit all your needs, its also worth looking into personal training!!!!
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Nothing works better than abdominal exercises. They all work, but they require determination. However, if u want a flat stomach, it's worth the efforts. Most important" if you're also overweight: stay off greasy foods!
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Unfortunately you cant just lose fat from your abdomen and nowhere else. This is a myth called 'spot reduction'. \nJust doing abdominal exercises will not get you a flat toned stomach or sixpack, a combination of cardio, resistance exercises and a healthy diet will, but this will apply to the whole of your body and ultimetly comes down to percentage body fat and calorie expenditure.
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Forget the treadmill.\n\nInstead, get a yoga ball and trash your normal chair.  Sit with good posture on the ball while you compute; this strengthens stomach.  Every 10 minutes do a quick set of 10 reps <sit-up's - push-up's - leg lifts - etc>.
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Full situps don't do much good and generally don't work out your abs very well.\n\nCombine a bunch of different exercises and listen to your body as you do them.  You will be able to tell (by the burn) which muscles you are truly working out.\n\nFor lower abdomen...lay on the floor and raise your legs (point the toes) about 6" off the floor...hold for as long as you can and let them down.  Be sure to breathe.\n\nFor upper abs... do crunches...slow and controlled...do not put your hands behind your neck as your tendency will be to bend the neck...pretend you have a string going from your chin to the ceiling and raise your shoulders off the floor...use your stomach muscles to lift...not your arms or thighs.\n\nVariations... twist crunches...raise and twist slightly to each side.\n\nBicycle leg lifts...same as before except when you hold your legs...pretend you are on a bike.\n\nYou can also stretch your arms forward as you lift your legs and try and get your fingers just past your thighs...pay attention to where your muscles are burning as this is the best indicator of which muscles you are actually working out.\n\nBuy a work out ball and do cruches on it.\n\nPlay around with it and have it...many excercises you can make up on your own if you listen to your body.  If you at any time feel like you are pulling something...stop.  If another group of muscles is burning more than your stomach..modify what you are doing.