Ab Crunches for a firm, tight stomach!
To achieve a firm set of ab muscles, you need to be consistent with your stomach exercises. You can always finish your workout in the gym with a couple of different ab exercises. No matter how exhausted the rest of your body is, you can more then likely still train your abs in the end of the training session. Your ab muscles are the center of your body and constantly work to hold your whole body up hence their enormous strength.
There are numerous ab exercises that will tone, shape and strengthen your ab muscles but one of the more effective ones are ab crunches. They can be performed on the floor, with the legs on a bench, hanging, or on a stability ball.
The most important part to remember no matter where they take place is to use the ab muscles to bring your legs and knees up to your torso and not let the hip flexor muscles do the work.
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