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The 31 Best Stomach Exercises for Stronger Abs

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January 14, 2016 at 9:05 AM

The 31 Best Stomach Exercises for Stronger Abs

Hello, abs!

Get more from your core

A new kind of crunch

Bridge opposite arm-leg reach

Low-belly leg reach

Teaser

Donkey kickbacks

Advanced leg crunches

Ana Caban's belly blaster

Oblique driving-knee crunch

Scale pose

Boat pose

Cross-leg diagonal crunch

Tone-it V hold

Plank

Body-weight squat

Swan dive

Windshield wiper

Plank on the ball

Jumping jack reach

Standing side crunch

Basic pump (for abs)

Circles in the sky

Side incline with a twist

Supine twist

The hundred

Ab-Cross Crawl

<ol><li>Lie faceup with arms extended overhead and legs straight out.</li> <li>Contract abs, pulling the belly button toward the floor. Slowly raise shoulders and legs off the floor and hold.</li> </ol>

<ol><li>Lie face-up with arms extended overhead and lower back pressed into floor.</li> <li>Sit up explosively, driving right arm forward with elbow bent and left knee bent and up (as if sprinting while sitting down). Lower back down to start. This is one rep. Switch sides; repeat.</li> </ol>

<ol><li>From a straight-arm plank, lower right elbow to the ground, followed by left, coming into a forearm plank.</li> <li>Place right hand on ground directly beneath right shoulder and straighten right elbow, then place left hand under left shoulder and straighten left elbow, coming back into a straight-arm plank.</li> </ol>

<ol><li>Lie face-up on the floor with your knees bent, feet flat, and arms extended out to sides. Bend elbows and place your fingertips lightly behind your ears.</li> <li>In one fluid movement, sit up and rotate your torso as you bring your left elbow to your right knee.</li> <li>Reverse the motion to return to start, then repeat move on the opposite side. This is one rep.</li> </ol>

<ol><li>Start on all fours with hands under shoulders, knees under hips, and feet flexed with toes tucked. Lift knees a couple inches off the floor.</li> <li>Keeping back flat and abs tight, raise and straighten your right arm and left leg until they’re in line with your body. Pause, then bring them back in.</li> <li>Repeat movement with your left arm and right leg. This is one rep.</li> </ol>

PS: None of them are crunches.

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