Of all the body parts you work on for total fitness, ab exercises are some of the least favorite ones to do, therefore when your working on your ab exercises you want the workout to be the most effective workout you can get for the time invested. These 10 ab exercises have been shown over time to be the most effective ab exercises for ab fitness.
Bicycles or air bike are the most effective ab exercises for working on your total abdominal area; it works the middle, upper, lower and oblique. See exercise.
Crunches on an exercise ball in the second most effective of all ab exercises. Lay on an exercise ball with ball in middle of back and crunch up. Being on the ball makes you stabilize and strengthen the rest of your core while on the ball. See exercise.
Captains chair is the top one in lower ab exercises. Most people don’t have one of these at home but every health club has one to work out. See exercise.
Ab rollout can be done several different ways, there are several home machines that you can get or you can do it with a barbell. It's great to add to your ab exercises, but start slow, can be hard on your back. Roll across the floor and back. See exercise.
Planks are done with no equipment, but are great ab exercises. Lie on the floor on your stomach, put your elbows under your body and lift up on your elbows and toes and hold for 20 to 60 seconds, hold your ab muscles in and keep your back strait. See exercise.
Oblique twist with medicine ball. Sit on floor with knees bent, hold a weighted ball in front of your ab muscles, lean back slightly and twist from side to side. When doing these and all ab exercises, always hold you abs in as you do them. See exercise.
Medicine ball toss. Stand with a medicine ball in your hands, twist away from the direction you are going to throw, then throw the ball toward a wall or great for ab exercises with a partner to catch. See exercise.
Seated cable crunch. Sit on a bench holding an overhead cable rope next to the sides of your face, crunch down using your ab muscles and then back up. See exercise.
Exercise ball pull in. This is done in pushup position with your feet on an exercise ball, pull your feet in to your abs and then back out again. See exercise.
Reverse crunch. You can do this exercise on a flat or a decline bench; the decline version is much harder. Hold onto the bench behind your head and bring your knees parallel to the floor, then pull your knees up toward your chin. See exercise.
To get a total ab workout it is a good idea to work your abs twice a week and do different ab exercises to hit every part of your abs for total ab fitness.
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