Directory of Abdominal Exercises

This page is a directory of all the abdominal exercises on this site.

Welcome, if this is your first time visiting this site.

I wanted to have one central location for all the ab exercises so it would be even easier for you to navigate.

Some pages have ab exercises grouped by topic, and other pages are devoted to a single ab exercise.

Click on the page links to view the exercises under that topic, or click on the name of the core or stomach exercises to view more information about that exercise.

On this site, you'll find some of the best ab exercises and some of the best stomach exercises.

Have fun and enjoy.

Yours in Health,
Dr. Charles

Abdominal Exercise Directory

Ab Crunches: The Most Popular Stomach Exercise

Bicycle Crunches One of my favorite ab exercises.

Cable Crunches A way to add resistance to your ab exercises.

Incline Crunches

Leg Lifts/ Leg Raises

Oblique Crunches

Russian Twist

Sit Ups

Swiss Ball Ab Exercise:
Ball Exchange between Hands and Feet

Ab Wheel (Fit Wheel/ Power Wheel)
Front Arm Roll Outs
Rear Leg Roll Ins (Piques)

Ab Wheel Alternatives with an Exercise Ball
Front Roll Outs
Roll Ins
Piques

Ab Exercises on the Ball
Ab Crunches
Oblique Crunches
Russian Twists

Advanced Isometric Exercises on the Ball
Plank Variation: Toes on Ball- Hands on Floor
Plank Variation: Reverse Plank on Ball

Advanced Stability Ball Ab Exercises
Stability Ball Roll-ins
Stability Ball Piques
Stability Ball Side Crunches
Stability Ball Planks

Ankle Weights to Add Resistance to Ab Exercises
Reverse Crunches
Leg Raises

Best Core Exercises for Upper Body Speed and Power
Stability Ball Crunches and Medicine Ball Throw
Medicine Ball Chest Pass
Medicine Ball Overhead Soccer Throw

Best Lower Ab Exercises (Advanced #1)
Decline Reverse Crunches (Lower Ab Crunches)
Decline Leg Raises

Best Lower Ab Exercises (Advanced #2)
Hanging Knee Raises
Hanging Leg Raises

Core Stabilization Exercise
The Drawing-In Maneuver: Good for core workouts

Dumbbell Ab Exercises
Standing Side Bends for Abs
Dumbbell Crunches on a Stability Ball for Abs

Exercises for Building Core Strength by David Bohmiller
Advanced Stability Ball Plank with Frog Kicks
Stability Ball Bridges with Alternating Leg Extensions
Plank Position with Cone Touches

Floor Abs Exercises with the Exercise Ball
Reverse Crunches
Side Rolls for the Obliques
Push Crunches for the Abs

Isometric Exercises for Stomach Strengthening
Full Plank
Half Plank
Side Plank

Lower Abdominal Exercises (basic)
Reverse Crunches (lower ab crunches)
Double Crunches

Lower Back Exercises on the Floor
Back Extension
Superman: Upper Body only
Superman: Upper Body and Lower Body

Low Back Exercises on the Ball
Back Extension
Reverse Leg Lifts
Alternate Arm and Leg Raise

Medicine Ball Abdominal Exercises
Russian Twist/ V-sit Twist
Medicine Ball Toe Touch Crunches
Medicine Ball Crunches on the Stability Ball

Oblique Exercises

Partnered Ab Exercises
Medicine Ball Sit Ups with a Toss
Back-to-Back Medicine Ball Russian Twists
Crunches with Hand Taps

Trainer Favorites Daihyana V
Crunches with 1 Leg Raise
Side V-ins
Star Sit Ups

Trainer Favorites Katrina Hodgson
Ab Exercise Videos:
Exercise ball side crunch
The plank to push up
The complete abs crunch
Side plank with a hip thrust
Get up, get down on the Bosu Ball
Leg lifts on the physioball

Additional Exercises:

Basic Dumbbell Arm Exercises

Bridges/ Butt Exercises on the Floor

Bridges/ Butt Exercises on the Exercise Ball

If your goal is to lose belly fat, remember that abdominal exercises are not enough by themselves. You need a comprehensive approach to fitness that includes cardio, weight training and good nutrition. Check out my ebook on how to lose belly fat.

Also, this site has tons of free ab workouts and core workouts.

Most of the free ab workouts use the abdominal exercises on the site. Some of the ab workouts have pictures of the ab exercises on the same page and other workouts have links to the pages where the pictures and descriptions of the abdominal exercises are located.

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