How Important Are Good Ab Workouts?

Are you looking for a a few good ab workouts to help jump-start your abdominal program and make it more effective? If so, you’re definitely not all by yourself. Of course the desire to get six pack abs is shared by almost everybody, it’s definitely a fact that most guys don't even know what's going on when it comes to designing an effective abdominal program.

In order to help out, I've listed a few awesome abdominal workout programs that isolate each of the muscles in your ab area, ensuring that you’ll actually move closer to getting the six pack abs you’ve always wanted.

Before I jump in and lay out what I consider to be good ab workouts, it’s critical that you figure out right up front that it really doesn’t matter how you train your abdominal muscles, if you’re not going to pay attention to what you eat. While you do need to make time for a couple of ab work outs in order to build up your ab muscles, you’re just not going to be able to see them until you strip away the body fat that’s covering them up in the first place! The only way to make actually uncover your abdominal region is to get busy burning off body fat not just in your abs, but all over your entire body.

If you're ready to strip off fat, you’re going to have to pay careful attention to what you’re consuming each day as well as performing fat burning workouts that incorporate the bigger muscle groups on your body. So definately be ready to mix up your diet a bit and focus on working the big muscles on your body like your; back,legs,chest, shoulders etc. Focusing your training efforts on the bigger muscles burns more calories witch in turn allows you to strip off more fat. And the more body fat you can melt off, the more eye-catching your ripped abdominals will be!

Your Good Ab Workouts

I really think that the abdominal work outs listed below are all you really need in order to carve out awesome six pack abdominals. If you focus the majority of your efforts on your diet and hard and heavy workouts and you also make it a priority to fit in a few good ab workouts each week, you definitely will start to expose your abs and achieve your goal of a leaner and firmer mid section.

Don’t try and work your abs every day of the week! Not only is it a waste of your time, but you’ll be impacting the amount of body fat you’re able to burn – instead of focusing on the bigger muscles on your body, you’ll be training with exercises that don’t require nearly as much energy to complete.

Good Ab Workout #1

Hanging Knee Raises – 3 sets x 8-12 reps
Saxon Side Bends – 3 Sets x 8-12 reps
Weighted Crunches – 3 Sets x 8-12 reps

Good Abs Workout #2

Incline Hip Thrusts - 3 sets x 8-12 reps
Russian Twists (with medicine ball or dumbbells) – 3 sets of 8-12 reps
Swiss Ball Crunches – 3 sets x 8-12 repetitions

Make sure and perform each of these exercises with heavy enough weight to give your ab muscles a reason to grow! Rest for 1 – 2 minutes between each set and really try to focus on making sure the muscle contracts during each repetition. Perform each rep in total control over the movement – do not use training weights that are overly heavy or use crappy form or you’ll eventually hurting your abdominal muscles.

There you have it…a few good ab workouts that are simple yet effective. Pick one and find time for it early on in the week, then move on to the next ab workout after some time to rest. Stick with the six pack ab training tips listed above, (and make sure not to go insane and work your abs each day!) over time, you'll be able to carve out an impressive set of abs.

By: Nick Andrade

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Nick Andrade is a certified personal trainer who specializes in helping men and women build muscle and uncover their abs. Did you like the good ab workouts covered in this article? If you do, you'll love the how to get washboard abs section at nick's website.