ab exercises??

Besides going to Curves, I REALLY need to work on these abs of mine....I can't take this spare tire around my waist. Curves has helped a little in that area, but I need to bring in reinforcements! I can't take it anymore....it looks awful. Everything else is coming along good from exercising, for some reason the flubber around my waist won't budge!!!!

Any suggestions? I am going to start doing crunches every night.

cool - where do i get one???

I second the ball. but being that the abs are truly consist of several muscle groups.. you have to do several dif exercises to target them..


I happen to prefer doing the scissors b/c it targets the obliques which is what you want to truly do.. it's waist cincher.. the reg. sit up will target your upper abdominal area..

also good for us women, for the lower abs is leg raises..

I've seen the ab ball at Sports Authority and even KMart and WalMart.

I should also say that while you work out your abs, be sure to work your lower back well. The muscles need to be balanced, they are the center of your body from which your balance, posture, and lots of other stuff come from!!! If you work your abs only, you may start to experience lower back pain.

You can work your lower back on the ball too, by flipping over, laying with your belly on the ball and doing the opposite of a sit up, bringing your upper body up toward the ceiling!

Thanks guys! I will take a look in Kmart this weekend.

Jen

I third the ball. It is Great

You see better results because your using your own resistance while doing the exercise. While laying on the floor, the resistance is the floor.
You work more muscle groups with the ball.

Glad to hear it! Be sure to keep it up!!