Learn Six Pack Abs Exercises

Everyone on the internet is a supposed expert on how to achieve your perfect six pack abs. Thousands have wasted their hard earned cash on fake products that promise the earth but deliver nothing. Drinks and tablets that give the impression you’ll wake up with rippling abs one morning with no more effort than swallowing them, what a load of rubbish. The only way to achieve anything in this life is to work hard for it, and a rippling six pack abs is no exception.

You will have to put in a lot of effort and effectively change your entire lifestyle to achieve your body beautiful, if you think it’s worth it, read on. Those of us who carry minimal body fat and can eat what they want without gaining any weight are in the minority. Most of us are constantly struggling to tighten up this bit, or that bit, and shift those stubborn pounds. We have to exercise hard to get rid of the stomach fat so our stomach muscles can be seen.

The muscles in your abdomen are two identical bands that stretch from the sternum vertically down to the pelvis. Although they are interrupted muscles they are in four sections. It is these sections that give the rippled effect of your six pack abs. When you burn of the stomach fat and flatten your abdomen, these muscles can then be seen. That’s all well and good I can hear you saying but how do we get rid of the fat, flatten the stomach and proudly display those rippling abs? Well this is how;

Firstly, and most importantly, is your diet. Healthy eating combined with exercise is the ONLY way to get the abs you’re yearning for. Diet, high intensity cardiovascular workouts and exercise the core muscles is the way to go.

Don't make the mistake of rushing out and buying an expensive machine designed to work your abs, these aren’t necessary. People proudly displayed rock hard abs long before gyms and exercise machines were ever invented. Athletes from the past achieved their muscles the way nature intended, through hard exercise and healthy eating. Think about it, no gyms, no machines, no fast food joint, the whole world was healthier then. There are some pieces of equipment that have been round along time and can still benefit us today; Medicine balls, Abs wheels and those large inflatable balls that many of us have tucked away in a cupboard, still waiting to be inflated! These three simple items will really help in exercising, strengthening and toning those core and abdominal muscles. Steer clear of weighted crunches, they are totally unnecessary, despite what the 'internet experts' say!

Floor exercises

Crunches: Lie on your back on the floor and lift your legs up so that they are at an angle of 90 degrees and bend your knees. Place your hands lightly on the back or sides of your head; this prevents you from pulling on your neck and causing any damage. Bring yourself up towards your knees and back again. Don’t stretch your neck by pulling it forward onto your chest. As you become more accomplished, raise your legs higher for a more intensive workout.

Twisting Crunches: These are almost he same as the previous ones, except that each time you raise up your top half, you take your left arm over to your right knee, then vice versa. Count one on each side as 1 rep.

Leg Lifts: While lying down, lift your butt up off the floor, and put both hands underneath you to provide lumbar support. With both your legs straight, lift them up until they are at an angle of 90 degrees, keep them there briefly, and lower them back down slowly. If you want a harder workout with more resistance, these are best done on an exercise bench with an incline.

Side Leg Lifts: These are the same as the ones above, except when you raise your legs you lower them down to the sides, then bring them back up to the middle. Then do the same on the other side.

Exercises while Hanging from a pull up bar

Leg lifts: Using only your abdominal muscles slowly raise your legs up in a controlled manner so that your toes touch the bar and then lower them again. If you are fit enough, you can also do them in a windmill motion so that your legs come up and crossover.

Knee Lifts: As the leg lifts above are an exercise for those with advanced fitness and something to be worked towards, these knee lifts are a lot simpler and take a lot less effort. Just lift your knees up so they are horizontal from your lips, and lower them again.

Twisting Knee Lifts: Whilst hanging from the bar raise your knees as above then twist to the side and then to the other side.

Hands and Elbows

Upper Push-up to Elbows: A simple exercise that targets your core muscles. Start the exercise in a push up stance and count to anywhere between 15 and 25, depending on your fitness. Then lower yourself down again so you are resting on your forearms, then count again. Make sure you keep your whole body, in particular your back. Keep going until you are struggling to keep your back straight any longer

Doing these specific abs exercises on a regular basis along with your diet and cardio regime and its just a matter of time until you are displaying your perfect abs on the beach and receiving admiring glances.