The 7 Best Ab Exercises

hey everyone my name is rebecca louise and today on x-hit i'm going to be teaching you a few exercises to get that flat stomach and a perfect six-pack okay let's start working on that six pack right your first exercise you all know what it is those heel touches so just bring in your hands to each side of your heels remember all of these are just for 30 seconds so really push yourself for each exercise that's it really using those oblique muscles so we're gonna be working these side muscles here okay keep it going now just tuck your head in slightly or you can look up to the ceiling depending on how your neck is feeling okay keep it going nearly there ready to go to that next exercise okay go into those crunches so one arm at a time just crunching it across almost like a bicycle but we're not stretching our leg out okay again we're working those oblique muscles we're also working our abs too okay come on keep pushing it remember we've got six exercises we're gonna go through it all twice and then we've got a great plank workout to finish okay let's move on to that next exercise okay let's go for those reach throughs now this exercise i always find is best to do after you've done one or two ab workouts already like one or two just ab exercises because that's when you're going to really feel this one it's a tough one we just want to really try and push those hands through the legs great job everyone it's a good start remember we're working to get that six pack we gotta put in the effort okay let's move on to that next exercise okay now we haven't done this one before so it's a new exercise for us all arms out to the side and we're just going to touch up so we're going to call these wide toe touches okay now my arms aren't that long so it doesn't matter if you can't completely touch your feet just try and touch as near as you can now ask yourself how much do you want that six pack and if it's a lot you've got to put in the effort okay okay let's keep it going oh squeeze your abs should be burning tell me you can feel the burn okay next exercise we're gonna have our legs like a starfish opposite hand to opposite foot oh how you feeling can you feel it those abs you should be feeling the burn in the abs if you're not you've got to work harder come on how much do you want those abs oh i want it i want that six-pack rebecca come on tell me squeeze keep it going you've got one more exercise and then we're going to do the whole thing through again okay almost there come on squeeze give me one more okay straight into the next exercise legs up just go down to the side nice and slowly now we want to make sure that it's controlled if you can only go this far before you're going to feel like you're going to fall then come back up again and over time you're going to be able to get further and further down to the ground if you want you can put your hands out to the side it's going to give you more support okay how are you feeling guys can you feel that burn in your belly i can but it feels good you know i know that i'm working right are you ready to start all over again give me those hill touches 30 seconds again i said just keep your head looking down let's tuck it in slightly we don't want to strain that neck that's it really squeeze those obliques feel it working now you've gone through this once if you do it again you're gonna be closer to getting that six pack you want so you know how it feels no one's quitting on me now just one more time through come on keep it going okay keep breathing okay next exercise just a little crunch now if you're like me and you get a bit of a strain in your neck you can put the weight of your head in your hands and then just really concentrate on using your obliques to crunch engage those abs come on keep it going how's it feeling i can feel the burn come on squeeze ready to do that famous exercise which is really gonna feel the burn let's go through come on push throughs now this one is hard to speak so let's just breathe okay come on keep it going squeeze those abs tell me rebecca i can feel the burn come on squeeze can you see your six-pack developing i'm sure you can if you're putting in the effort you do this every day you eat properly you really are gonna see the difference okay bring those arms out and straight up okay now if your neck is starting to strain don't bring your head as high up look straight up in the air and just think about squeezing those ab muscles come on really squeeze oh okay keep it going that's a great job everyone you're almost through you're almost at the end but you've got to keep working next exercise let's do those starfish crunches so working those lower abs and those higher abs as well come on squeeze i know you've got it in you so keep going give me some effort work on that six-pack come on squeeze how you feeling everyone you feel it in those abs you got one more exercise to do and then we're going to give it some planks okay so arms up arms out to the side and then slowly down okay you've done awesome guys if you managed to get through this your abs should be burning your muscles are feeling tense and tight oh come on squeeze nice and gently down to the side nice and slow okay put those arms out to the side just gonna give you more support okay you ready let's go on to those planks okay flip over onto your tummies we've got a minute and a half of exercise left we're going to hold it here on a plank for 30 seconds and then we're going to do two side planks for 30 seconds each now i know what you're saying to yourselves i can't do it i can't do it but you can okay just pull in that tummy we don't want our bottoms in the air we don't want to dip low want to keep the spine nice and neutral and just squeeze those abs okay you can do it i promise you okay just keep it going come on feel those abs working are you ready to turn it on to the side okay let's turn it on to the side holding it up now remember you can just have your hands to the side here if you want to make it harder pull it up and look up to the sky make sure you're pulling up here we don't want to sink down working those oblique muscles as well come on keep it going you've got less than a minute of exercise to go that's nothing okay okay that's breathing keep breathing inhaling and exhaling you want to make sure that we are getting that oxygen to the muscles to keep them working come on push okay 30 seconds left to go switch over straight away no rest and let's go okay that's a great effort guys come on you keep it going all the way to the end of this 30 seconds arm up to the sky look up pull in those obliques whew i know it's a lot to remember but boy it's gonna be worth it in the end just think how good your abs gonna look if you really gave a lot of effort into this workout oh almost there how are you feeling are you feeling the burn i can feel it it feels good and relax great job everyone there you are you're going to be on your way to getting a flat s