Tired of lugging around that beer belly? Are your pants getting tighter? If you are one of the millions suffering from an expanded girth, maybe it’s time to brush up your knowledge on the best ab workouts out there. Take note though, the abs aren’t multiple muscles but rather one big segmented muscle. Here are the top 6 ab workouts for that 6 pack abs that you have been dreaming of.

Jumping Jacks

This is a very easy exercise that helps tone oblique muscles and burn calories. The jumping motion also exercises most of the abdominal muscle segments. Perform the exercise by jumping. While in the air, spread the legs and clap your hands over your head. Jump again and return to starting position. Do 15 jumps in 3 sets.

Uphill/Downhill Jog

Very easy to do. Just find a hill and jog up and down of the hill. Jogging works the lower ab muscle segment while going up and down the hill shifts the center of gravity and while your maintain your balance, you’re using most of your ab muscle segments.

Trunk Side Benders

Just stand and bend sideways. Exercises your obliques or the sides of your ab muscle segments.

Power breathing

Just inhale and then forcefully breath through pursed lips. Increases metabolism at the same time strengthening your diaphragm and upper ab muscle segments.

AB crunches

You might have heard of it. It has replaced sit-ups after it was found out that sit ups can damage your lower back. AB crunches are down by laying flat on the floor and then flexing your legs. Lift your upper body as you would in a sit up except don’t go all the way up. Just curl your body towards your legs as you feel the muscle burn, hold for a couple of seconds and then relax.

Power Aerobics

The best way to work your abs is to participate in power aerobics. The high intensity dance moves plus the balancing as well as intense cardio work out can melt those abs faster than most exercises.

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