Select full-body integrated abdominal exercises help tone your tummy and all the major muscle groups in your body simultaneously. These kinds of exercises are called strength or resistance training. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends healthy adults do up to three sets of eight to 10 exercises per week. Each set should consist of eight to 12 repetitions.
Lunge with Overhead Press
Use a medicine ball to do an full-body integrated abdominal exercise called lunge with a overhead press. Stand up and hold a medicine ball with both hands in front of your chest. Step your feet hip-width apart and look forward to assume the starting position. Take a big but controlled step forward with your right foot into your lunge. As your toes makes contact with the floor, bend both knees up to 90 degrees and lift the medicine ball over your head. Return to the starting position and repeat on the other side to complete one repetition.
Walking Lunges with Twists
Pick up your medicine ball for a full-body integrated exercise called walking lunges with twists. Hold your medicine ball in front of your ribcage and come into the downward phase of a lunge as described in the previous exercise. Rotate your torso and head -- but not hips -- to your right and then back to the center. Push off with your left foot and step forward planting your foot in front of you for your next lunge. Repeat the twisting sequence on the left side to complete one repetition.
Inchworm
Travel across the floor when you do a full-body integrated abdominal exercise called the inchworm. Stand with your feet just wider than hip-distance apart and your knees slightly bent. Bend at the hips to place your palms on the floor in front of your feet with the fingers pointing forward to get into the starting position. Walk you hands in front of you until your body forms a straight line from the floor to your head. This is the plank position, which is the upward phase of a narrow stance pushup. Do one pushup. Take small steps to bring your feet back to the starting position and complete one repetition.
Crawl
Crawl on the floor for a full-body integrated abdominal exercise. Get into a quadruped position with your palms flat on the floor beneath your shoulders, your legs hip-width apart and the soles of your feet facing up. To assume the starting position, straighten your spine and look straight ahead. Walk on all fours like a bear by alternately moving your opposite hand and leg. Use controlled movements and gently stretch to take long steps. Crawl for 30 seconds to a couple of minutes.
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