Good Ab Workouts

Looking for a few good ab workouts to help jump-start your ab workouts and make it more effective? If that's what you're looking for, you’re definitely not alone. While the goal of getting ripped abdominals is nearly universal at this point, it’s true that most guys just don’t have a clue when it comes to designing an effective abdominal work out.

Below I've laid out abs workouts that target all of the muscle groups in your abdominal area, making sure that you’ll move closer to getting those six pack abs you’ve always wanted.

Before we get into the good ab workouts, it’s critical that you figure out right up front that it really doesn’t matter how you train your ab area, if you’re not going to pay attention to your diet. Yes at some level it's important to target some ab training workouts in order to build up your ab area, you’re just not going to be able to see them until you burn off the fat that’s all around them in the first place! The only way to make this happen is to focus most of your effort on getting rid of fat all over your body.

If you want to get rid of body fat, you’re going to need to pay careful attention to what you’re taking in every day as well as performing full body workouts that target the bigger muscle groups on your body. So definitely be prepared to swap around your menu a little bit and focus on working the big muscles on your body like your; back,legs,chest, shoulders etc. Focusing your training efforts on the biggest body parts burns more calories witch in turn allows you to strip off more fat. The more overall fat you can melt off, the more eye-catching your six pack abdominals will be!

Good Ab Workouts That Are Effective

I really think that the abdominal programs listed below are all you really need in order to build ripped abs. If you focus most of your training on your diet and total body workouts and you also make it a habit to work in a few decent ab workouts each week, you definitely will start to expose your mid section and move towards your goal of a leaner and firmer waistline.

Don’t try and focus on your midsection every day of the week! Not only is it a waste of your time, but you’ll be negatively affecting the amount of body fat you’re able to burn – instead of focusing on the bigger muscle groups in your body, you’ll be performing exercises that don’t require nearly as much energy to complete.

Good Ab Workout #1

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

Good Abs Workout #2

Slant Board hip Thrusts - 3 sets x 8-12 repsr
Russian Twists (with medicine ball or dumbbells) – 3 sets x 8-12 repsr
Exercise Ball Crunches – 3 sets x 8-12 repetitions

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

There you have it…a few good ab workouts that are simple yet effective. Pick one of them and run through it in the beginning of the week, then move on to the next ab workout after a few days of rest. Stick with the six pack abs tips above, (and make sure you don't go insane and work your abs each day!) over time, you will be able to carve out an eye catching set of abs.