WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE AB EXERCISE?

Okay, Ladies and Gents… If you’re anything like me, you can appreciate looking in the mirror now and then, gazing down at the midsection and seeing those little lines of shadow looking back at you. Working in such unison as to create the sculpture that are your abs. I can appreciate a great set and know the work it takes to achieve them. What some people don’t realize is that having great abs consists of much more than just performing the right crunch. So, together with your workout, make your diet your ab ally. What you eat everyday plays a big part in whether or not you achieve your goal of chiseled ab muscles. Keep your proteins, vegetables and water content high the your sugar, salt and fat content low.

Okay, back to the workout… there are many challenging exercises for the abdominals, but i have one that I seem to gravitate to almost every time.  Let me know what your favorite ab exercise is by posting here on our blog.  Lets build a library to blast the tummy.  My fave is what I call the Four-Count-Ab.

Lie on the ground, face up knees bent, feet flat on the floor, hands behind the head, lightly supporting it draw in your abdominals. Making sure your back is flush to the ground. Lift your shoulders off the ground and HOLD the abs tight at the top while holding the shoulders off the floor and abs tight, bring both knees toward your chest by lifting both feet off the ground and HOLD this position. Now you are “curled up into a ball” . HOLD THIS FOR 2 SECs then slowly lower your feet back to the floor and slowly lower your shoulders back toward the ground… keep your feet away from your buttocks at all times. Allow your knees to stay in a 45 degree angle. Keep your elbows wide

ONE REPETITION – FOUR COUNT AB

Step One: Lift shoulders off ground and HOLD
Step Two: Lift feet off ground knees toward your chest
Hold for 2 seconds
Step Three: Lower feet back to the ground
Step Four: Lower shoulders back to floor.

Progress this exercise by doing all four moves simultaneously!!

  In this exercise you are activating and maintaining a contraction of the upper area of your abdominals. Contrary to popular belief, the abdominals are not a few separate muscles. We have one abdominal wall where the Rectus abdominus, External Obliques, External Intercoastals and Serratus work together to create what we call your abs. When doing this exercise you will feel like you are using your lower abs, along with your hip flexors to lift the legs off the ground. When you are in the deepest contraction of this exercise, curled into a ball, hold that position for 2 seconds. Allow the abs to hold the contraction to get the full benefit of the exercise. You will feel your abdominal wall begin to burn in no time. You should Do 3 sets of 20 AND LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES. DON’T FORGET TO SHARE THIS EXERCISE WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED TO OUR BLOG. SEE YOU SOON!!!