Saturday, May 31, 2008

Stomach Toning Exercises

The best stomach toning exercises are the ones that put stress on the abdomen muscles directly and indirectly on the side abs which are the obliques. The misconception about stomach toning is that you need not to eat anything and it will get flat. However this is not true. Stomach muscles are just like other muscles present in your body and therefore they need to be trained in the same way.

Some stomach toning exercises are given below:

1. Crunches:
There are various forms of crunches and each of them is a great way of toning your stomach. One should perform crunches very accurately as the stress should be on the abdominal area. If it’s not performed like that then it’s of no use.

2. Hanging raise:
there are a number of ways in which hanging raise could be performed such as hanging knee raises, hanging curls and hanging lower raise. Also hanging crunches is another very effective exercise. These hanging raises really put stress on your abs and shape to up to quite an extent if they performed accurately.

3. Jackknife:
Another great exercise to tone up your stomach is jackknife as it really exerts force on your abs and makes them noticeable.

5 comments:

jh said...

These are three great exercises. I also think that getting great abs is about really working out your core muscles so that they can self support. Biking and running are great ways to do this while also slimming you down so that you don't get too big from weight training (which is necessary to speed up the metabolism).
jh
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Unknown said...

all great exercises in the order of intensity. i prefer the v-up to jack knife. it's a slightly modified version where instead of bending your knees into your chest you rotate your legs (virtually keeping your knees locked in the same position and only rotating your legs at the pelvis). a video is more telling:

http://www.fitnessfrog.com/abs/48-v-up.html

Anusha... said...

gud info..but it could have been better if you would have added pictures indicating the same..hope you take my comment in a positive way/

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing these exercises, and I agree with Anusha. You should have posted pictures on how to properly execute these exercises.

For me, to have that toned stomach, one must have a proper diet and exercise together with doing a Bay Area body wrap procedure. It's not about toning from the outside, it should be from the inside as well.

Melba17 said...

Abdominal exercises are similarly useful in dropping your human body fat. They are as much crucial for reaching your objectives as they are for dropping fat for enhancing your abs muscle tissue and getting in the best appearance for your abdomen.

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