Strong abdominal muscles look fantastic, protect your back muscles from injury and help you do everyday activities more efficiently. Exercise and a healthy diet are the key ingredients to achieving the flat tummy of your dreams. According to Tosca Reno, author of the "Eat Clean Diet," chiseled abs are 80 percent diet, 10 percent genetic and 10 percent workout. To see flat abs fast, choose workouts that combine fat-burning exercises with muscle targeted exercises.
Abdominal-Core Circuit Workout
This workout is a 30- to 40-minute workout that combines cardiovascular and target muscle training. Start this workout with a three- to five-minute warm-up and then move into eight different abdominal exercises that last three minutes each, followed by a five-minute cool-down. The abdominal exercises should be done one right after the other with no breaks in between exercises. The "IDEA Fitness Journal" article "Sample Class; Abdominal/Core Curcuit" suggests choosing abs exercises that flow easily into each other and work different areas of the entire core, such as crunch, roll-down, oblique curl, abs-hold, plank, ball-hula, bicycles finishing with weighted core exercises.
Pilates Floor Exercises
Pilates creates simultaneous muscular demands for strength and flexibility which increases core strength and gives a lean, toned look. Pilates floor exercises are movements taken from the Pilates reformer and designed to be done on a mat on the floor. Half roll-downs, progressive hundreds, one-legged bridge and elbow planks are all excellent Pilates mat floor exercises that will help flatten the stomach.
Hip-Rotations in Push-Up Position
This advanced level core exercise elevates the heart rate while engaging the abdominals. To execute this movement free of injury, a mastery of the basic push-up is advised. Begin in full push-up stance and slowly raise one knee to the chest, once at chest level extend the toward the opposing side. Follow this move with a swing of the knee to the outside, bring it back to the chest and then back to push-up position.
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