Knowing how to sculpt flat abs will give you the stomach of your dreams and allow you to look your best on the beach. Flat abs otherwise know as six pack abs are toned stomach or abdominal muscles. If you want to tone your abdominal muscles, follow these easy steps.
Lose Excess Body Weight To Sculpt Flat Abs
The first step to toning your abdominal muscles is losing any excess fat that may be covering up your sexy flat tummy. How can anyone see your toned abs if they are covered in fat?
Start a daily cardiovascular workout to reduce weight over your entire body including your stomach.
Walk for thirty minutes after each meal or for at least 90 minutes per day. Cardiovascular exercises such as walking, dancing, riding bikes, swimming or running will help you burn calories while you are exercising and it will also build muscle and endurance. The more muscle you have on your body, the more calories you will naturally burn each day without extra effort.
Tone Your Abdominal Muscles to Sculpt Flat Abs
Begin doing crunches everyday. Alternate the type of crunches that you do to exercise all of your abdominal muscles. Start out doing ten crunches adding ten crunches more per day until you are doing two hundred crunches per day. You do not need to wait a day in between workouts with crunches, you can do them every day.
Crunches
Lay on your back in the same position that you would use for a traditional sit up. Bend your legs at the knee. Put your hands behind your head. Push your lower back into the floor as you lift your head towards your knees. You do not need to touch your knees. Crunches should be done at a rapid pace.
Reverse Crunches
Lay on your back in the same position that you would use for a traditional sit up. Stretch your hands and feet toward the ceiling. Push your lower back into the floor as you reach your hands and feet toward the ceiling with all of your might and then release back to the starting position.
Double Crunches
Lay on your back in the same position that you would use for a traditional sit up. Bend your legs at the knee. Put your hands behind your head. Push your lower back into the floor as you lift your head towards your knees while simultaneously bringing your knees toward your elbows, gently touching your elbows and knees over the center of your body and then releasing back down.
Side Crunches
Lay on your back in the same position that you would use for a traditional sit up. Bend your legs at the knee. Put your hands behind your head. Push your lower back into the floor as you stretch your head towards the outside edge of your left knee, then lay back down to the original position. Alternate stretching your head towards the outside edge of your right knee and then back down to the original position.
Learn how to sculpt flat abs today and enjoy your success within a few weeks.
Sources:
Mayo Clinic
