Abdominal exercise with exercise ball crunch is an excellent pre-stretch to your abdominal while machine crunches allow for a pre-stretch and a resistance added crunch.

Abdominal exercise - it has a massaging effect on abdominal fat, which helps break-up the cellulite, but it doesn’t have direct effect on abdominal fat. Only good nutrition and dieting, along with abdominal exercise and other exercises will burn calories and helps lose weight.

Without proper nutrition and dieting, you are unlikely to “banish the belly” and the layer of fat would block the view of your great abdominal muscle that you have develops in your abdominal exercise. Go for a high protein diet and cut down on carbohydrates and fats.

Pre-stretch to the abdominal is an essential element in abdominal development and exercise ball, and machine crunch is the most effective home exercise equipment for abdominal exercise. Machine crunches give a resistance-added crunch.

Exercise Ball

• A solid position over the exercise ball is necessary and your feet widely spread.
• Lean back and pre-stretch.
• Crunch forward and contract your abdominal.

Abdominal exercise (without an exercise ball) with arms-overhead crunch

• Lie on the floor with your knees bent and keep your feet flat on the floor.
• Extend your arms overhead and cross them at the wrists.
• Curl your upper body off the floor.
• Feel your spine being pushed into the floor and your back rounding.
• Bring your shoulder blades just off the floor.

IMPORTANT:

• Go slow and focus on perfecting your form. Hold the contraction for a count of two and then lower slowly.
• Do twisting crunches to work the obliques and incorporate aerobic to your overall fitness plan.

Abdominal exercise

(without an exercise ball) with Hip Thrust

• Lie on the floor with your hands by your sides.
• Raise your legs straight up using your lower abdominals. Your hips and gluteus should rise up slightly off the floor.

NOTE:

• The range of motion for hip thrust is limited.

It is suggested that you do your abdominal exercise no more than times a week and stretch your back before and after abdominal workout. The exercise should incorporate the followings:

• Arms-overhead Crunch or Exercise Ball Crunches 3 x 20
• Hip Thrusts or Machine Crunch 3 x 20

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Other muscle groups exercise / workout:

[Back Muscle Exercise] [Biceps Workout]
[Chest Exercise] [Leg Muscle Exercise] [Shoulder Exercise]