Five Ways to Tone Your Abs Fast

Your abdominal muscles begin under your chest and finish a little below your belly button. These muscles can be toned through simple strength training, but if you are overweight, you will need to lose the excess pounds before you begin any toning exercise.

Here are five ways to tone your abs fast:

* Use a simple crunch exercise. There a many types of  this abdominal exercise, but the basic one is fine. Lie on your back and place your feet flat on the floor. Put your hands behind your head, then lift your head, neck and shoulders off the floor. Keep this position for few seconds, then lower yourself back down again.

* Don't perform ab exercises everyday. Once every other day is fine. This is because in the beginning your muscles will need time to recover, and you do not want to cause yourself any injury.

* Perform the exercises correctly. Do three sets of ten to twenty-five reps with the last few being a little painful to complete. If you are finding this to easy, then use a crunch ball to isolate the correct muscles in your abs.

* Perform exercises on the floor. You don't need any machinery for these exercises as they don't specifically tone your abs, but also focus on other muscles. This is why floor crunches are best. The only exception to this rule is the ab roller. The ab roller puts you in a position that helps you work on your abs. Some people get neck pain while performing crunches, so this machine supports the head and takes the stress off the neck.

* Make your exercises challenging. When you have been performing these exercise for some time they will become easier. This is when you will need increase the amount of reps you do. The crunch exercise is very effective as your head is below your legs. Being in this position takes more effort to perform a crunch than if you were laying with your legs flat.

Following these five ways to tone your abs fast on a regular basis will give you the toned, washboard flat stomach you have being looking for.

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