what are some really good ab workouts?

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Hello I am a pharmacist and personal trainer from Oklahoma

When you think about working abs you should think about working the "core" which is a group of muslces that compose your torso. These muscles include rectis abdominus, the obliques and latissimus dorsi. To exercise your "abs" you should concentrate on all of these groups.

My personal favorite exercise for this group is with a medicine ball.

You need at least a 6lb ball. Sit on a mat with your ankles crossed and off the matt. Bring the ball from side to side touching it on the floor each time you move it. This exercise will work the obliques. Do as many as you can.

Then, place the ball behind your head and do reverse crunches by lifting your legs in the air and folding them as far behind you as it possible, then keeping them straight bring them down and hold them just above the floor for as long as you can. This will work your lower abs (quite well too!). Do as many as you can.

To work the upper abs, retain the position in the oblique exercise (with your ankles crossed and off the mat) and hold the ball up and out in front of you. Lift your torso using your abdominal muscles to get as close to the ball as possible. Do as many of these as you can.

For the latissimus dorsi or the lower back, try hyperextensions. Lie with only your forarms and toes touching the matt for as long as you can.

Repeat this routine at least 3 times for one abs exercise.

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Crunch crunch crunch crunch

nope It's not an exercise, it's me eating chips.

Sorry for that, I couldn't resist..:) all depends on where the problem area is, you can have lower of upper stomach bulge?
lay on your back- lift legs few cm from ground, and lift !
crunches is good, ahh, there are so many, but it is difficult to
describe -
also get the little wheel - do you know it? wow, that is a workout! this is a good site to go to to learn good ab workouts: http://exercise.about.com/cs/exerciseworkouts/l/aa121200b.htm

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