Here is a selection of various exercises for an abdominal workout. Choose
any or all as long as you reach the goal of 300 reps. Remember, the key to a
six-pack set of abs, is not only the exercises themselves or how many you do,
but what you ingest. Did I mention I eat tuna?
WEIGHTED CRUNCHES
(upper abs)
Begin on you back with a weight plate held behind you head and legs together, feet on the ground and knees high. Proceed to crunch head and shoulders up. Pause, then lower to starting position.
WEIGHTED KNEE-UPS
(lower abs)
Lie face up on the ground, supporting the upper body on elbows, with hands under buttocks and legs extended out with light dumbbell on shins. Proceed to pull knees up and back. Pause, then return to starting position.
OPPOSITE CRUNCHES
(abs & obliques)
Begin on your back with a weight plate held behind your head and legs together, feet on the ground and knees high. Proceed to crunch head and shoulders up while raising the right leg, and extend the left elbow toward the right knee. Pause, then lower to starting position. Repeat, reversing leg and elbow.
SCISSOR SLAMS
(lower abs & obliques)
Lie on your right side with the right arm and leg extended out on the ground, the left hand behind your head and the left leg raised. Proceed to bring the right leg up to meet the left. Pause, then lower to starting position. Switch sides and repeat.
STRADDLE CRUNCHES
(upper & lower abs)
Begin on your back, with hands behind head and legs together pointing straight up. Proceed to simultaneously crunch head and shoulders up while splaying legs outward. Pause, then return to starting position.
LYING TWISTS
(obliques)
Lie on your back with your hands behind head and the left leg crossed over the right leg. Beginning with shoulders on the ground, proceed to twist your head and shoulders up to the left, exhaling. Pause, then lower to starting position, then switch body position for a set to the right.
POWER CRUNCHES
(upper abs)
Lie on your back with legs together extended straight up and hands grasping light dumbbells, elbows on the ground. Proceed to crunch up and extend hands toward feet. Pause, then lower to starting position.
LEG LIFTS
(overall abs)
Lie face up on the ground with hands under buttocks and legs together out straight, a few inches off the ground. Proceed to raise legs together until they are a few feet off the ground. Pause, then lower to starting position.
If you want 6-pack abs, make sure you don't get it confused with a 6-pack of beer. Doesn't do much for the love handles.
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