View Photos How effective are the ab exercises you are doing everyday? We all know that there is no short cut to a perfect body be it an hour-glass figure or 6 packs. If you want a perfect body you have to do ab crunches and you have to do them everyday. The problem however is that once your body gets used to ab crunches it gets comfortable. You must have noticed that the fist few days of doing stomach crunches is tough; it hurts and your muscles twitch but after a while it becomes easy. We are complacent and think we have done well but actually if it is easy for you then you are not doing effective ab exercises.
Tummy fat is the most difficult to lose so it your body gets used to your work out it will stop burning fats. The trick is to increase the resistance of your ab exercises. Here are a few work out tips to help you.
Tips to Do Effective Ab Exercises:
1. Increase number of sets regularly: We usually start with 2 ten count sets of crunches because by the time you finish even two your stomach muscles will be twitching like crazy. But after a week you can finish 2 sets in 5 minutes and you are hardly uncomfortable. This means that body is responding to your work out by accepting as routine. You have increase the no. of sets you do after every two weeks. The alternative is to increase the count from 10 to 15 to 20. This can't go on endlessly so her is what else you can do.
2. Side crunches: You have to try different angles for doing ab crunches so that you keep surprising your body. Instead of lifting yourself straight up, push yourself sides on both sides. After one set of plain crunches slip in one set of side crunches for each side.
3. Angle Crunches: If you want to do effective ab exercises you have to experiment with angles. When your are doing reverse crunches or leg lifts hold it first at 45 degrees and then at 90 degrees. The idea is to increase the resistance of your ab exercises. Even while doing plain crunches you can hold you legs at a 30 degree angle and then slowly increase the degrees. This will by default increase the amount of energy you have to spend for doing the lifts and strain your stomach muscles. The more you are hard on your body the more fats it will burn. You must never let your body get comfortable.
4. Take that break:No matter how often you change your workout, body does get used to it. So give yourself a break from working out sometimes and that might help renew your strength.
If you follow this plan for effective ab exercises then that perfect shape is not far away.