Most Effective Ab Exercises: Abdominal Exercises for Men and Women

April 28, 2011

People are constantly asking what the most effective ab exercises are, which is why I decided to do a post on abdominal exercises for women and men.
Above I have a few pictures of four different exercises. One in the gym. One yoga exercise. One windsurfing, and one stretch. Do you know what is common among all of them?
If you said that they all of the exercises work the ab muscles, then you would be right.
That is the really crazy thing about the abdomen – you don’t need to work it specifically in order to get defined abs. Do stomach workouts speed up the process and make it go faster? Yes. But is it necessary? No. All workouts get your core going.
So if you have a low body percentage and workout routinely, chances are your stomach will be defined.
Okay, but you didn’t come here to get lectured about low […]

Original post by rafael@thefitnessadviser.com (Rafi Bar-Lev)

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