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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Best Exercise For A Flat Belly, 3 Things You Must Do To Tighten Your Stomach

By Ryan M Hall

If you are trying to get a flat stomach, doing tons of ab exercises for a flat belly won't get you a 6 pack as quickly as you might think. In fact, most ab exercises do very little to flatten your tummy because they work just like any other exercises that builds muscle, they stress the muscle so that it rebuilds stronger. Ab exercises give you stronger abs, not a flat sexy stomach. But if you want a six pack what are the best exercises?

Before you start working out to flatten your tummy, you must get your diet in order. Once you have a good fat loss diet, get back to the basics of building muscle and burning fat with a good exercise plan. This will do more to flatten your stomach than a bunch of crunches or a crazy late night TV machine will ever do. Building muscle will get your metabolism ramped up so your body will burn more fat all day long.

After you have a good exercise plan, you can focus on your stomach with some of the best ab exercises out there.

Here are some of the best ab exercise I've found:

1. Squats or Dumbbell Squats

Hold the squat bar on your shoulders or hold dumbbells at your shoulder height. Then just do a normal set of squats. This exercise is a great ab exercise because your abs have to work constantly throughout the entire movement to keep the weight stabilized at your shoulders. It works your entire midsection without a single crunch.

2. Mountain Climbers

These are great for lower abs, and can be done virtually any where. Remember though, they have very little effect if performed with the wrong cadence. To do it right, get on your hands and toes as if you are going to do push ups, then lift one knee to your chest and put it back down, repeat with the other leg until you've don a full set. This works the butt, back, abs, obliques and hip flexors.

3. Full Body Crunches

Full body crunches are very similar to regular crunches but with a little extra work added to pump your abs. Instead of just performing a normal crunch with your feet on the floor, extend your legs out in front of you when you bring your head down and pull your knees toward your chest as you crunch forward. You'll feel it in no time.

If you want to really strengthen your abs, do a couple of sets of cable crunches or weighted crunches.

The best exercises for a flat belly are those that build muscle and burn fat, but the fact remains that most ab exercises do very little to flatten your midsection. The above exercises will help you get 6 pack abs, but only diet and reducing your body fat let them show through. - 17274

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