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| What does your abdominal exercise program consist | | | | abdominal exercise routine may seem harsh at first, |
| of? If your answer is only crunches, or crunches and | | | | but I guarantee results from it. |
| sit-ups, then this is the article for you. People are | | | | My abdominal exercise routine is revealed! Now, I'm not |
| continually writing in forums, asking gurus, and chatting | | | | saying that it is perfect, or that it is for everyone. |
| with fitness enthusiasts and professionals on | | | | However, after doing this abdominal exercise routine |
| MySpace, solely because of a lack of results in their | | | | for years, I still have my six-pack and a strong |
| abdominal exercise programs! Nothing is more | | | | midsection to show for it. |
| frustrating than feeling the burn of working out your | | | | Day One: Consists of resistance crunches (using |
| abs, and then not seeing the six-pack on yourself that | | | | weighted crunch machine), incline sit-ups (last two |
| you continually see on celebrities or other people at the | | | | repetitions with weights), and resistance oblique |
| gym. | | | | crunches (using weighted oblique machine). |
| You cannot get there by going halfway. Just as it is to | | | | Day Two: Consists of floating crunches (lying on floor |
| achieve any goal that is worthwhile in this world, you | | | | with your arms crossing your chest and hands resting |
| must work hard at training your abs. By doing only one | | | | on shoulders, bringing knees and elbow together, |
| or two abdominal exercises, you are literally cheating | | | | allowing them to float there until pain is unbearable), |
| yourself of the results that you want. You must | | | | roman chair crunches, and flutter kicks. |
| devote yourself to getting what you want, and put in all | | | | Day Three: Consists of lying leg raises (front), |
| of the work necessary to do so. | | | | cross-over sit-ups (bringing left elbow to right knee and |
| Variety is the key to getting clean and cut abs! Your | | | | right elbow to left knee), and corkscrew (Lie on your |
| abdominal exercise routine must consist of several | | | | back, with your legs raised directly over your hips, with |
| exercises, a handful to be exact. This will allow you to | | | | your hands at your side palm down. Lift your hips off |
| work out your abdominal muscles with a well balanced | | | | of the floor and elevate your feet towards the ceiling. |
| abdominal exercise routine which focuses on the | | | | Next, twist your hips to the right. Hold this position, and |
| many sides of your abdominal muscles. Yes, I said | | | | then return to the starting position. Repeat, while |
| many sides! | | | | twisting to the left.) |
| Your abdominal muscles are complex in their shape. | | | | Work up to my routine or surpass it with a more |
| Your abdominal muscles are round, which means that | | | | advanced one! In the beginning doing the above |
| they can flex parallel to your body, allowing you to | | | | abdominal exercise routine may be too difficult for you |
| bend forwards and backwards, as well as | | | | to do, on top of your regular workout routine. So, |
| perpendicular to your body, allowing you to bend | | | | choose one abdominal exercise for you to do each |
| sideways. If this isn't enough, they can also bend at | | | | day which works a different part of your abdominal |
| many angles in between parallel and perpendicular to | | | | muscles. If you take turns with these abdominal |
| your body length! All in all, this means that to get the | | | | exercises, conducting one of them each day that you |
| perfect shape and proportion to your abdomen, you | | | | exercise, you will definitely see a significant |
| must utilize many abdominal exercises. | | | | improvement in your abdomen. Ensure that you give |
| I usually do abdominal exercises everyday. However, I | | | | your abs one out of every four days off to allow your |
| do not do the same abdominal exercises each day. | | | | abdominal muscles to recuperate. Before long, you will |
| With four days of exercise routines, I perform | | | | be teaching your friends everything that you know. |
| abdominal exercises three out of four days. I perform | | | | They will be asking you what abdominal exercises |
| three abdominal exercises for each of the three days, | | | | gave you your amazing six-pack! |