Best Ab Exercises for Women Without Actually Doing an Ab Exercise

The most common ab exercise routines we see these days are situps, leg lifts and crunches... I would like to propose alternative metabolism stimulating workouts that besides your abs, will engage your entire body.

Please be prepared to get a "out of the box" workout routine that will build a flat belly:

Here they are:

Push-Up Dumbbell Rows

Mountain Climbers on the Floor

Front Squats with Barbell

Perform 8 reps for 3-4 sets for each exercise. An alternative would be to do more sets with less reps or to switch to time intervals instead of reps.

Starting position for the push-up dumbbell rows is the in push-up position, with a dumbbell in each hand. You then pull one dumbbell to your side while maintaining the same position with your body. Bring the dumbbell back to the starting position and repeat the same movement on the other side. Stabilizing your body during this exercise will be an incredible workout or your entire core!

Second ab exercise is the mountain climber. Like with the previous workout we start in the push-up position and, alternately will kick one foot out to the back and bring the other right under our chest. It kind of looks like we are climbing a mountain, but remain flat on the floor. If you want to add some "salsa" to the exercise, you can move your hands up and down in conjunction with your feet. Be aware though, this is really is going to put your body to the test!

Front squats are performed like back squats, however with the barbell resting on your chest instead of your back. Furthermore you have to cross your arms on your chest and push the barbell towards yourself to stabilize the weight. This actually is an advanced exercise and should only be practiced for the first time under supervision of a professional. Because your body is naturally designed to carry weight on your back, your abs will have to stabilize the unconventional load on your chest, which again is a killer ab workout!

Resting is an important part of the workout so please give your body the time to recover for 30 seconds between exercises and take a break of 1 to 2 minutes between sets.

Like for any decent workout, please do not perform them in subsequent days. Your body needs 48 hours to recover and optimally benefit from the exercises.

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Oliver Dumont started his weight loss quest a year ago. After his own success he is now ready to share his experience.

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