Stomach Exercise Guide

I know, I know, when you hear stomach flattening exercises, it seems pretty typical to right away think of sit-ups or the ever popular ab crunch.  Guess what?  You will not hear me preaching about crunches to flatten your stomach. I can emphatically state that I hate them.  I think that crunches and sit-ups are overrated and very boring.  Not to mention that they don’t do anything beneficial for your back.

Personally I don’t especially love to work out like some people and I also don’t like to concentrate on specific muscle group workouts.  What I don’t mind in a workout is variation and hitting specific muscle groups without tailored isolation exercises.

What I am talking about is using your own body weight for a total body workout.  These movements use multi-joint, full body movements to focus in on your major muscle groups all the while working out your entire core including your abdominal muscles.

While you don’t think that using your own body weight during your exercise routine sounds very difficult, just wait.  The following full body stomach flattening routine will get your heart rate pumping in no time.  What I personally like about this routine is that it is quick but not easy, for those of us who don’t have tons of time to spend going to the gym.  This is an example of eight movements that you can do anywhere and at anytime.

First of all make sure to do a light warm up of around three minutes or so by jogging in place or some other movement to get your blood circulating.

Now go through the following movements one after the other, only resting ten seconds between each exercise.  Complete 5 complete circuits if you can and make sure to rest for 2 minutes between circuits.  Keep in mind that if you are just starting out that you can tailor these movements to make them easier in the beginning. Just be careful not to make them too easy, always challenge yourself.

1. Walking lunges, complete 6 steps up and 6 steps back.

2. Floor mountain climbers, complete the movement for 30 seconds.

3. Lunge jumps, do 6 repetitions on each side.

4. Floor lying leg thrusts, complete 12 repetitions.

5. Squat jumps, complete 8 repetitions.

6. Side plank hold, hold the pose for 30 seconds on each side.

7. Clapping pushups, complete 10 repetitions.

8. Squats, using just your own bodyweight complete 12 reps.

I know that for many of you, these stomach flattening exercises might be difficult or the movements may seem confusing at first but continue to challenge yourself.  For the sake of the length of this article I can’t go into the explanation of each of the movements here, but there is a great resource that has helped me to understand full body movements and the theories behind them:  http://EasyFitnessAndNutrition.info

Ross Gray is a middle age average guy who has taken an interest in fitness and nutrition in his mid-forties. He always welcomes the chance to share the knowledge he is constantly acquiring with those who might benefit from his studies.

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