More Ab Exercises 6 - 10

Here are more ab exercises to practice and add to your routine:

Exercise #6: Bicycle crunches - A very popular and familiar form of abdominal exercise for more stimulation throughout the sections of the abs. Here you lie on your back with your lower back pressed downward. With your hands beside your head bring your knees up to about a 45-degree angle and go through a bicycle pedaling motion while alternating the touch of your left elbow to your right knee, then your right elbow to your left knee.

Exercise #7: Double crunches - Lie on your back as in your Ab crunch position but with your feet crossed at the ankles. This will work your upper and lower abdominal muscles. Your hands are behind your head for neck support with your elbows wide and to the sides. With control and focusing on your abs, bring your knees toward your chest, tilting the pelvis, and lift your shoulders slightly off the floor. Slowly return back down to the starting position.

As you build up to performing more ab exercises, concentrate on your working muscles. Do you feel the strength of the movement??

Exercise #8: Reverse crunch - Similar to a hanging knee raise in the working of the lower abdominal muscles, but a little less intense. This exercise can be done on the floor or on an incline sit-up board (with your feet lower than your head). While lying on your back, hold on to a stationary object like a chair or large dumbbell; the foot bar if you are on the sit-up board. Keep the knees slightly bent and pull your pelvis and legs up so that your knees are above your chest and then return to beginning position.

Exercise #9: Elbow To Knee Crunch – Lying on your back, put your hands behind your ears as in the Ab crunch position. Lift up your leg, bent at the knee, to touch your opposite elbow, meeting at the midline of your body. Lower to the starting position and switch to the opposite side. Keep a fist sized space between your chin and your chest.

Exercise #10: Crunches with Exercise Ball - Performing crunches on the ball increases the need for abdominal stabilization and adds an additional range of motion that we don’t have when doing Ab crunches on the floor. The ball is great if you have back problems because the lower back is supported throughout the exercise. Lie on the ball, crunch forward and contract your abs until you are at about a 45 degree angle to the ball. During the torso lowering phase, you release your abs while maintaining your neck in a neutral position.

OK, 'diva-in-training', while you are performing more ab exercises remember that more is not neccessarily better. Your healthy, low fat meal plans, your cardio and stregnth training programs will help you achieve that attractive midsection.

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