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Free Ab Workouts and the Best Ab Exercises to Increase Core Strength and Strengthen Stomach MusclesThere are thousands of ways to design your ab workouts. The first thing you must do is clearly define the purpose of your stomach workout. Read my page on the best abdominal exercise for assistance in finding the best abdominal exercises for you. Motivation is one goal and purpose that I don't mention on my best abdominal exercise page. Sometimes the best ab exercise is the one that motivates you to exercise. Learning new ab exercises is a great way to get motivated. The challenge of mastering something new really helps people to get focused. In addition, changing your stomach workout routine can really help you to get re-focused. Use this page as a resource to learn how to pair and combine ab and core exercises to build the best ab workout ever. Constructing An Ab Workout Routine Here's a general philosophy for constructing a workout. There are 3 major Training Techniques: Straight Sets, Super Sets, and Circuits. Straight Sets are a technique in which you pick an ab exercise and perform 2-3 sets of that exercise before moving on to the next ab exercise. Example: crunches, rest, crunches, rest, crunches, rest, then plank, rest, plank, rest plank, done! Here's 6 Straight Set Abdominal Workouts: Beginner to Advanced And, one of my best ab workouts ever was a straight set ab workout. The Super Set technique uses two exercises in combination. You perform the first ab exercise, and then move immediately to the second ab exercise with no rest. After you complete the second ab exercise rest, before repeating the sequence again. Example: crunches, plank, rest, crunches, plank, rest, crunches, plank, rest. Here are 3 ab supersets for your workout The Super Set Technique is an advanced technique and it can really increase the challenge of your core workout. The Circuit Technique uses three or more ab exercises in a row. You would perform the first, second, and third ab exercise, and so on in a row without any rest. After you complete all of the ab exercises in the circuit you would rest before repeating the circuit. Example: crunches, plank, bicycle crunches, reverse crunches, oblique crunches, rest… repeat from the beginning. The Circuit Technique is also an advanced technique, and some of the best abdominal workouts are circuits. Here are 4 Circuit Workouts You Can Do at Home or the Gym Core Workout on the Ball Here's a core workout for your abdominal muscles and your lower back muscles that uses an exercise ball. Some of my favorite ab exercises involve the stability ball.
Exercise Ball Workout for the Abs Here's a challenging workout just for the abs that consists of 4 ab exercises that use an exercise ball. Simple Home Workout for the Stomach If you're looking for a simple home workout for your stomach muscles, look no further. Here is a simple stomach workout that uses 3 easy stomach exercises. Killer Ab Work out Routines If you've been exercising regularly and want a challenge, try one of these Killer Ab Workout Routines. Ab and Arm Toning Workout Here is an arm toning workout that pairs arm exercises with ab exercises. This workout can be used by women and men. Great Core Workout Video Here's a great core workout from Ford Fitness Model Kim Strother. It uses 3 core exercises on the physioball and 1 total body core exercise with the medicine ball. Workout Tips for Lower Abs Click to learn some workout tips for exercising the lower abs. Ab Exercise Videos Here's a couple of ab exercise videos which show you a few ab and core exercises that you can add to your core workout. Katrina is a friend of mine up here in Boston, and she's a great personal trainer. Best Ab Exercises and Favorite Core Exercises of Peronsal Trainers Here are what some trainers feel are some of the best ab exercises. Check out some of the ab exercises that other personal trainers like and include them in your core workouts. Ab Workout Tips Regardless of which technique you choose, your tempo should be smooth and rhythmic. Slower tempos help more with endurance and faster tempos help more with speed. Varying your tempo can change the feeling of the workout routine. Aim for 15-25 repetitions for most ab exercises. If you are using resistance or doing a challenging exercise begin with a goal of 8-15 repetitions. Rest 0-60 seconds between exercises. Perform 2-3 sets per exercise. Work your ab muscles 2-3 times per week-- if you're an extremely high level athlete you could train your core muscles up to 4 times per week. Stay consistent. Use the same ab exercises for 3-6 weeks. Master the exercises you choose and progress them over a 3-6 week period. Change your ab workout routine every 3-6 weeks. Don't forget to include lower back exercises in your workout. Don't forget to stretch after your ab workouts. If you ever feel pain during any ab exercise, rest, check your form, try an easier form of the exercise, take the exercise out of your workout, and/ or see a health professional in person. These are general guidelines for constructing your workouts. Remember, to have fun working out and keep at it. I hope these ab exercises, tips, and abdominal workouts help to get you motivated. I will continue to update this site with abdominal workout tips and routines, so keep coming back to get new workout ideas. Or simply subscribe to my Blog so that you'll keep learning how to get ripped six pack abs or flatten your stomach. If you subscribe to my blog by clicking "the orange button" under the navigation bar, you'll know whenever I add new ab workouts or new ab exercises. Check out the Directory of Abdominal Exercises to learn all the ab exercises on this site. See you soon P.S. If you're looking for even more direction and instruction to get in shape and lose weight consider my ebooks Try one of these 6 Straight Set Workouts: Read my article on Core Exercises for a Better Body
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