Exercising at Home - Toned Stomach Exercises

This is part of our "exercise at home" section, giving you simple exercises you can do anywhere (not just at home!) in order to achieve a firm toned body

Get a Flat Stomach!

There are many exercises and movements you can do to tone stomach muscles. Women and men generally undergo very similar training to tone the abdominal muscles. If you do the exercises below two to three times a week, you'll quickly gain the flat and muscular stomach you want.

As with all exercise, you should continue to the point until you can no longer do the action, ie to the point of muscle failure. This is what helps the muscles to grow.

These exercises are courtesy of 6packgirl.com, a site dedicated helping women develop a flat and toned stomach

Exercise Ball Crunches

You need a regular exercise ball for this one.
  1. Lie face up with the exercise ball under your mid to lower back
  2. Cross your arms over your chest or place them behind your head
  3. Tighten your abs and lift your torso off the ball
  4. Lower back down again and feel a stretch in the abs
  5. Repeat up to 20 times, or until you can no longer do the action!

Reverse Abdominal Crunch

  1. Lie on your back on an exercise/yoga mat with arms by your sides, feet up and thighs on a 90 degree angle to the floor
  2. Bring your knees to your chest while tucking your chin to your chest at the same time. Use your lower abs to do this
  3. Return slowly to starting position and then repeat up to 20 times, or again, until you can no longer do the action

Sit-Ups

  1. Lie on you back on an exercise/yoga mat, with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor
  2. Place your hande behind your head, and bring yourself forward and touch elbows to your knees
  3. Keep entire stomach area contracted throughout
  4. Lower body back to starting position and repeat until you can no longer perform a sit-up