Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Other Mechanics Type: Isolation Tips: If you have a decline bench, you can fix the band around the base of the bench and perform weighted decline sit-ups on that. Otherwise, fix the band around a stationary post and lie on the floor facing away [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Body Only Mechanics Type: Isolation Tips: Like on the floor with your hands either crossed over your chest or behind your head. Bend your knees and hips to form right angles. Keep your lower legs parallel to the floor and your feet crossed. Lift [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Body Only Mechanics Type: Isolation Tips: Lie back on the floor and elevate your legs up into the air. Make sure you keep your lower back pressed flat into the ground. Exhale and crunch forward to touch your toes. (Touching any part of your [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Body Only Mechanics Type: Isolation Tips: Works the transversus abdominus and internal obliques. This gives you a flatter profile and a narrower waist! To execute the Stomach Vacuum, stand upright and place your hands on your hips, and exhale all the air out of [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Body Only Mechanics Type: Isolation Tips: Lie on your back on the floor with your feet about shoulder width apart. You may find it easier to put your feet under something to hold them down. Lift your upper body, bending at the waist, until [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Body Only Mechanics Type: Compound Tips: Works your obliques. Lying on your right side and keeping your left leg over your right one, place your right hand in a comfortable spot and clasp your left hand behind your head. Bring your torso and left [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Body Only Mechanics Type: Compound Tips: Works your obliques and helps stabilize your spine. Lie on your side and support your body between your forearm and knee to your feet. Hold position for two to four seconds. Repeat on the other side. Build up [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Body Only Mechanics Type: Isolation Tips: This is a great exercise for overall abs exercise. Sit across a bench and extend your legs so that your abs are contracted. Now slowly bring your legs to your torso/ribcage and return them to their original position. [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Body Only Mechanics Type: Compound Tips: Sit on the end of a flat bench. Place your hands behind your butt and grab the sides of the bench. Extend your legs straight out. Bend your knees and pull your legs into your midsection. Return to [...]

Exercise Data Main Muscle Worked: Abdominals Other Muscles Worked: None Equipment: Barbell Mechanics Type: Isolation Tips: Works your obliques. Place a light barbell on your shoulders and sit at the end of a flat bench with your feet firmly on the floor. Twist your torso to the right, then to the left by twisting at [...]