Six Pack Abs Exercises

You’ve seen those infomercials promoting home exercise equipment where the diet and fitness guru has promised you the secret to perfect six pack abs. Does the product furnish you the rock hard six pack abs like the model on the box? Most likely not. Are you still trying to get that picture perfect midsection so you’re the envy of every person at the pool? Most likely.

The reality of the matter is that obtaining a six pack stomach for most people is going to take time and a lot of challenging work. A fortunate few are blessed with the genetics of a body that carries a minimal quantity of body fat. That is a very small minority. For the rest of us it’s going to take an increase in cardio, weight training and six pack abs exercises to get those muscles to reveal themselves.

Your abdominal muscles are two parallel bands that go from your sternum down to your pelvis. These identical bands are both one continuous muscle but have sections that can make up that six or eight pack look. If you get your body fat to a low enough percentage, chiefly in your stomach, these muscles sections will start to show. So you want to comprehend what it’s really going to entail to get these muscles to show don’t you? It’s going to take these things in order of significance: Diet, Intense Cardio, Kick-Ass Core Workout.

You might be asking your self if you need any costly Ab machines and the answer is no. A rock hard midsection was present long before any ab machine and will be around long after they all end up in the trash. But there are a couple of items that have been about for years and are uncomplicated and inexpensive which will help: An Ab wheel, Medicine Ball, and Stability Ball(Large inflatable ball). These three items are uncomplicated and great at targeting difficult to work abdominal muscles. One thing that you don’t need to do is any weighted crunches. You will be using you body weight which is way more than sufficient weight to work these muscles till they’re on fire.

On your back:

Crunches: With your legs off the ground forming a 90 degree angle with a bend in your knee. Have your hands scarcely touching the sides or back of your head so you don’t pull at your neck. Then proceed to raise your head shoulders and chest straight up and somewhat forward. Try not to jam your neck into you chest. You can lift your legs to increase the difficulty.

Twisting Crunches: This is nearly the same as a regular crunch, but instead you are going knee to opposite elbow. Go back and forth attempting each time to take your elbow to the outside of your opposite knee and beyond it if possible.

Leg Lifts: Laying on your back, rest your hands under your butt giving your lower back support. Then keeping both legs straight and together, bring your legs up to 90 degrees and reverse down slowly. You can perform these exercises on an incline bench to allow for a wider range of resistance.

Side Leg Lifts: Same form as the regular leg lift, but begin with your legs shifted to either the left or right. Then return back with your legs lifted to 90 degrees and repeat lowering to the other side.

Hanging from a pull up bar (Can also be performed on forearm leg lift):

Leg lifts: Using abdominal muscles and not momentum, slowly and with control lift your legs all the way over your head touching your toes to the bar above you and reverse down. If you’re capable, interchange sets with a windmill motion with your legs starting on one side and then rainbowing over your head finishing on the opposite side.

Knee Lifts: If the leg lifts mentioned before are exceedingly difficult or you’re on your third set, then you can always perform knee lifts. The movements are the same, but you’re not lifting as much leg weight.

Twisting Knee Lifts: Each repetition starts from a hanging position and then raise your knees and twist as far right or left for each repetition alternating sides.

Hands and Elbows:

Upper Push-up to Elbows: This simple movement that is great for targeting you entire core. Begin the exercise in upper push up and count to 15-25. Then lower down onto your forearms and count again. Keep you body, particularly your lower back as straight as possible the entire time. Keep going up and down until you can’t hold up your weight with your ab muscles anymore.

With these six pack abs exercises combined with a strict diet and well rounded fitness program, you’ll be well on your way to sculpting a set of perfect abs. Keep up the hard work, cause that’s it will pay off in the end.