3 Progressive Ab Exercises
Saturday, November 7, 2009 4:11 Today I want to safely guide you through 3 different exercises you can do to strengthen your abs and core before moving on to traditional crunches.
A good example of a level one exercise to master is the "plank." It's a powerful static exercise to engage your entire mid-section and tighten your waistline.
After you master the plank I would move onto an exercise called a "chop." This adds a little bit more of a dynamic movement where you're resisting rotation and as a result strengthening your core.
Once you master both of those you can try a more challenging traditional ab exercise called "reverse crunch" or leg lift.
Although I don't believe you need to do crunches or sit-ups to get great abs you should be more balanced through your core and lower back after mastering the previous 3 exercises and will now be more equipped to safely handle these types of crunching movements.