Abs Workout Exercises Infos and Videos

by NicoleAbalde

Article by Joanna Whitmire

People are always looking for the next big thing in abdominal exercise equipment, but the truth is you only need a few basic items and you will be on your way to flat abs and a toned core. Though traditional crunches and sit-ups are usually effective for toning, they can become boring and routine rather quickly. Here are five items of equipment that you can use in your abdominal fat exercises to gain the most effective workout from the shortest amount of time spent exercising.

The exercise ball, which is sometimes called the stability ball, is a highly versatile tool for abdominal fat exercises that helps to improve your core stability. It exercises your stomach muscles as well as a large portion of the rest of your body. In order to stay balanced on the ball, your abdominal muscles must remain tight; a task which is often a bit harder to do than most people think.

Next, let’s discuss the medicine ball. Simply put, the medicine ball is just a weighted ball. Medicine balls can greatly enhance your abdominal workout even though some people may believe that they are only for athletes, such as boxers. After traditional crunches or other abdominal exercises become too easy, adding some type of resistance is a great way to increase the intensity of your workout. You can do that with a medicine ball.

To add resistance to your lower body workout, try ankle weights. Ankle weights increase the intensity of leg raises and reverse crunches. As with the other exercises mentioned, when regular leg raises or crunches become less of a challenge, adding ankle weights will increase the muscle workout on your abs. The ab power wheel or the abdominal wheel is just what it says it is; it is a wheel with a stick in between it, with which you can do roll outs. This can be a most challenging abdominal exercise.

If you don’t happen to have any abdominal exercise equipment available, then the floor is a great option. Some really effective abdominal fat exercises you can do on the floor are the plank and bicycle crunches. So if you thought you could use the excuse that you don’t have an exercise ball, think again. You can begin working your abdominals practically anywhere.