Muscle building > Abdominal workout
Most of us would love to have a flat stomach with sexy six pack abs but are still trying to figure out how to accomplish this!
The best ab workout would involve a combination of abs exercises to work the different abdominal muscles.
Abdominal muscles
The correct combination of cardio exercise, weight training activities and a healthy balanced diet can improve your shape, overall health and help you get a great six-pack.
Keep in mind that while Abdominal exercises are important since they build your six-pack muscles and shape them, you will be able to feel the results in a few weeks, but you must burn fat from your stomach if you actually want to see results.
For more information about abdominal muscles, please refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_abdomen
Postural Guidelines for Ab Exercises:
Exercising in proper postural alignment will increase your workout’s effectiveness and substantially decrease your likelihood of injury. Therefore, correct posture should be maintained at all times during your abdominal exercises. Follow the simple guidelines below to improve your posture.
Postural Guidelines for Abs:
1. Make sure your head is horizontal to the ground and centered over your shoulders.
2. Bring your chest up.
3. As you bring your chest up, your shoulders must relax and not go up. Therefore, relax your shoulders down and back.
4. Tighten your abs by pulling your belly button to your spine.
5. Align your knees with your second and third toes.
6. Make sure your knees are not locked. There must always be a slight bend in them.
7. Lay with your feet spaced comfortably apart (usually hip width).
Below are some great abdominal exercises for the best abdominal workout.
Some can be done at home without any equipment and some requires some equipment purchase or a gym membership.
A good abdominal workout will contain 4-8 abdominal exercises from the following list (follow the instructions on each page in order to build the best six pack abs):
1. Ab Rocker (or Roller) exercise
2. Bicycle crunch exercise
3. Captain’s chair exercise
4. Full verticul crunch exercise
5. Long arm crunch exercise
6. Plank on Elbows and Toes exercise
7. Reverse crunch exercise
8. Swiss ball crunch exercise
9. Torso Track exercise
10. Vertical leg crunch exercise
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