| Everybody wants a six pack, including you. It is | | | | exercise. |
| probably the most sought after goal and hoped for | | | | Leg lifts (performed on the Roman Chair) - Start with |
| result of working out. Working toward great abdominal | | | | your back on the back support and lift your knees/legs |
| muscles not only makes you look great, but cuts your | | | | to the chair's highest point. Feet should not be allowed |
| risk of injury and improves your performance in | | | | to swing behind your rear end at its lowest point for |
| everyday life. Not only are rock hard abs a symbol of | | | | safety and momentum purposes. |
| fitness, but strong and flexible abdominal muscles help | | | | Hanging leg raises (performed on the cable machines) |
| trim your waist and end back pain, two very important | | | | - Start by hanging from the middle pull up bar on the |
| health goals of many who enter an exercise facility. | | | | cable machines. The hanging leg raise is probably the |
| They allow you to move from side to side with stability | | | | most result-producing stomach exercise, since it is |
| and control. Men and women want to walk on the | | | | generated from the lower abs and then incorporates |
| beach and show off all their hard work by exposing | | | | the upper abs at its peak. It begins by raising your feet |
| their abs. From what has been seen in gym and health | | | | over and above your waist until they reach |
| facilities, it is the most worked on muscle group or it is | | | | approximately where your hands are holding on. |
| the most neglected. Into which category do you end | | | | Remember to keep your body from swinging back |
| up falling? There are many ways in which you can | | | | and forth. This will cause you to use more stomach |
| work your abdominal muscles. There is a scientific | | | | muscles and less momentum. |
| sequence to effectively shaping and creating great | | | | Now proceed to your upper/middle abs to get that |
| abs. | | | | desired burn. |
| Most people are stronger in their upper to middle | | | | The Ab Roller, which is great for upper abdominals and |
| abdominals, compared to their lower abdominal | | | | obliques, is good to start with since it promotes safety |
| muscles. It is recommended that you work your lower | | | | and immediate results. Exercises utilizing the ball and |
| abs first since you are freshest and have the most | | | | floor mats are great ways to end a stomach workout. |
| energy to get the most out of your stomach. The | | | | The utility ball allows for maximum stretching to hit all |
| abdominal muscles react and provide optimal results | | | | areas of the mid-section. |
| visually when exercises are performed to failure. | | | | Since your stomach muscles are considered your |
| Failure occurs when the muscle is thoroughly | | | | smallest muscles, you are able - and recommended to |
| exhausted and the exercise can no longer be | | | | - train them up to 6 days per week. A cardiovascular |
| executed. This means you can not do one more | | | | work out which consists of constant aerobic activity |
| painful repetition. Your mid-section should be worked in | | | | which lasts for more than 30 minutes at your 80% |
| this manner all the time. | | | | target heart rate is extremely beneficial and necessary |
| Some examples for lower abs are as follows: | | | | to achieve that ever-desired six pack. |
| The reverse crunch (using the slant board) - with your | | | | Great abs are only obtained through hard work, |
| hand holding the bars and your legs straight on the | | | | perseverance and proper form. They are the central |
| board, raise your knees to your face while bending | | | | point in which your motion begins and ends. In the end, |
| your knees, until in the fetal position. Then slowly drop | | | | great abs will give you the needed support for your |
| your rear end until you touch the board, and repeat the | | | | workout and your life. |