100 Abdominal Exercises - List of the Best 100 Abdominal Exercises
100 Abdominal Exercises - How many do you need?
Do you need 100 different abdominal exercises
to build six pack abs? The answer is No. But knowing lot of variations of the
most popular {and few unknown} ab exercises will definitely help you avoid
boredom from abdominal training and keep you motivated.
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Why 100 Abdominal
Exercises
If you were to ask most people what they consider the
top abdominal exercises they will answer the sit up or crunch exercise.
The irony to this is that
the question posed asked & "what are the top 100 abdominal exercises?" with
exercises being a plural word.
A sit up would reflect a singular response. The reason that
most people will present a singular response is that the average person does not
think there are all that many different ab exercises to perform.
Forget about
100 Abdominal Exercises they say. But Not you!
This is most
definitely a good thing since they ab muscles are quite vast and do require
several different exercises in order to hit the entire surface of the abdominal
muscles from a variety of angles.
So, what are these many common ab exercises that one needs
to include into a regular session of ab workouts?
Here is a brief overview of
the common and most helpful abdominal exercises.
1.
The Basic Sit Up: Again, this is the
most well known of all the abdominal exercises. It targets the center of the abs
and is easy to perform. Basically, you lie down on the floor with your knees
bent and then sit up towards them.

2.
The Roman Chair Sit Up: This is a sit up performed in a
gym on a decline bench system that hooks your ankles into place. The added
stress helps develop the abs tremendously.
3.
The Crunch: This is a tough variant
on the sit up but it makes the muscles quite strong. Basically, you perform a
sit up with one modification: you crunch your knees in towards the elbows as you
perform the sit up. This enhances the stress on the abs significantly.

4.
Side Bends: Also known as leans,
these exercises involve little more than standing up and bending side ways. This
will target the obliques of the abs and can be done with or without holding
dumbbells.

5.
Twists: The entails twisting your upper body horizontally with your elbows
flared. This exercise helps with fat burning while also engaging and toning the
abdominal muscles in the process. Consider it an overlooked but helpful ab
exercise.
6.
Leg Presses: Lie flat on your back and then perform a kicking/pressing action
with your feet straight up to the ceiling. You will probably want to support the
underside of your back with your hands in order to have the proper angle. This
can be an excellent and effective lower and middle ab exercise.

7.
Leg Raises: This is among the most
difficult of the abdominal exercises to perform. It targets the lower abs to a
significant degree which is commonly a weak section of the abs. Basically, you
would lift your legs six inches off the ground and then lift them from 6 inches
to 12 inches from the ground. Raise from 6 to 12, lower from 12 to 6, and repeat
for several reps. Again, this is a tough exercise but it delivers results. The
hanging version is shown here.

8.
Holding Leg Raises: As the name
implies, you raise your legs 6 inches off the ground and hold them in that
position for 15 - 30 seconds at a time. This is a very tough exercise but it is
one well worth performing.
9.
Bicycle Sit Ups: These are alternating crunches that
rely on touching opposite knee and elbows to one another. This aids in hitting
the abs from angles they are not commonly stressed. This can lead to high ab
development as a result. Just be careful to perform such exercises in a
controlled manner.
10.
Rope Pull Downs: These exercises are performed in a gym
with a pulley device. Basically, you will be on your knees and reach overhead
and grab the rope. Then, pull down the rope as you crunch downward and touch the
ground. Often, this exercise is performed as a finishing exercise on the abs and
it.

11.
Scissor
Crunches: These are dynamic crunches that entail lying flat on your back and
then throwing the arms forward while swinging the knees inwards. Just be sure to
perform this type of ab exercise in a controlled manner since it will prevent
injuries from occurring.

12.
Hanging Leg Raises: These are performed in a gym while
holding and hanging from an overhead bar. He legs are lifted straight up and
gravity will aid in adding stress to the lower abdominal muscles.

13.
Hanging Leg Raises - Bent Leg
Variation: These exercises are performed in the same manner as the straight leg
hanging raise. The only difference is the knees are bent and pulled in towards
the stomach.

14.
Crunches on an Inflatable Aerobics Ball: Various different abdominal
exercises can be performed on an aerobics ball. The addition of the aerobics
ball to the equation adds to the ability to target areas of the abs that might
otherwise not have been impacted by the exercises. As such, integrating the
aerobics ball to the mix would be a nice plus.

15. Hip Swivels: These are most commonly
performed as a warm up exercise but they do engage the abs to a certain degree.
Really, anything that hits the abs is a huge plus which is another reason why
any and all ab exercises are a plus.
16.
Incline Leg Raises: Consider these a
variant on the lying leg raise. Instead of being performed on the floor, they
are performed on an incline bench. This is slightly more difficult than the
traditional lying leg raise variant and they improve ab development
dramatically.
In Summation
No, you cannot do all the abdominal
exercises in one session. That would just not be realistic. However, performing
a number of these exercises in a daily 20 minute session can aid in producing
excellent results over time.
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Common Abdominal
Exercises Questions and Answers - FAQs
1. Exercises to do to reduce abdominal fat?
Crunches are an easy way to reduce abdominal fat. But they need to be combined
with full body muscle workouts and fat bruning high intensity cardio. They do
strengthen and tone the abdominals but the effective way to reduce abdominal fat
is diet plus exercise.
2. When to include abdominal exercises into a cardio
workout?
Abdominal exercises should be included in every workout and should be done at
least every other day. The best time to perform crunches and other ab exercises
is after weight training routine and just before cardio workouts.
3. Are bridges good abdominal exercises?
Bridges are great for an abdominal exercise. Of course, you will want to make
sure that you are mixing up your routines with other abdominal and core
exercises every once in a while.
4. How often should you do abdominal exercises?
There are some people that will tell you to do abdominal exercises everyday. The
thing is though, your muscles need time to rebuild and relax in order to get the
results you are really looking for. The best way to train abs is to do 2-3
abdominal workouts per week and try to keep them away from heavy squats and
deadlift workouts as these exercises use abs for stabilization more than upper
body exercises.
5. How often should you perform abdominal exercises to
achieve washboard abs?
You should perform abdominal exercises every other day in order to achieve the
best results for washboard abs. But please combine them with full body workouts
that build muscle {for calorie burning outside the gym} and cardio for calorie
burning during workouts.
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