How to Tone Your Stomach – 3 Simple Tips
September 2, 2009 by admin
Filed under Stomach Toning Tips
Looking for the right exercise for toning your stomach muscles can be difficult but through years of experience, I have found out three effective exercises to aid you to tone your stomach. These are by no means the only available exercise out there but these three are what I find the most effective.
How to Tone Your Stomach
1. Ab Rollers.
These I think is the most effective, and one of the hardest stomach exercises available. You can do this with a dumbbell or you can buy an actual roller in the market. It would probably cost you just below $100. The sheareffort to roll your body back and forth is just excruciating. Doing around 3 sets of 5 repetitions will actually do.
For this exercise to be effective though, you must make sure not to take the easy way out and only your foot and the dumbbell or the roller should be touching the ground. Do this for about a month and watch as your tummy tightens.
2. Squats.
Yes squats. This might be surprising to some of you but if you ask a seasoned weight lifter, he will tell you how important his stomach muscles are for when he is doing his squats. They act as stabilizer muscles that makes sure your core is nice and tight.
For beginners, you do not actually need to lift tremendous amounts of weight. You can probably even do normal squats without the need for a barbell and feel the pressure building on your midsection. Doing around 3 sets of 10 repetitions will do.
As your stomach muscles get stronger, you might want to consider actually doing squats with a barbell.
3. Flex and tighten. This actually goes not only for abs but for all your muscles. Right after the workout, it will help to stretch those muscles and flex them. Think of it just like a hot metal that you can bend and shape it to whatever shape you like. Once the metal cools down, it would be next to impossible to twist it.
So there you have it. Three simple yet effective tips on how to tone your stomach. Follow these religiously over a span of three or four months and you will be surprised with the results.
