I'm quite positive you have seen and read a whole lot of articles talking about good ab workouts and how to do good ab workouts. On the other hand, I will attempt to make this article a little different in the sense that it will give you valuable info.

There are lots of good ab workouts available but what kinds of workouts are you searching for that would fit your needs? What part of your abs do you want to make visible and, even more importantly, are you doing the precise ab workouts that will grant you with the appearance you want?

Ab workouts are spread out into 3 main groups: Exercises for lower abs, workouts for the obliques (side abs), and workouts for the upper/middle abs. I want to give you a list containing five exercises for all three categories below.

Upper/Middle Ab Workouts

Abdominal Crunches

Medicine Ball Abdominal Crunches

Fingers to Toes Abdominal Crunches

Raised Knee Dumbbell/Barbell Crunches

Medicine Ball Crunches (with or without being on top an exercise ball)

Lower Ab Workouts

Bent Knee Abdominal Hip Raises

Reverse Decline Crunches

Exercise Ball Abdominal Pull-Ins

Medicine Ball Leg Raises

Hanging Abdominal Leg Raises

Oblique Workouts

Flutter Kick Oblique Crunches

Fingers to Heel Oblique Touchers

Lying Oblique Leg Raises

Oblique Twists

Hanging Oblique Knee Raises

Making Them More Effective

At the moment these workouts are, in my own view, some of the most valuable for their categories. would recommend performing just a few of these workouts, depending on what part of your abdominal muscles you want to concentrate on that particular day, as warm up before you begin on your main workout routines. This way you can complete the most annoying bits first.

Oh, and another issue you might like to take account of is the fact that plain workouts on its own can't get you ripped washboard abs. In order to acquire abs that are perfectly visible you'd have to get rid of all the fat surrounding your stomach.

Fat is easily burned by way of healthy eating and in the precise amounts. It is always important to eat right mainly when trying to get in shape. Constantly bear in mind that it's really the diet that does the job and it is the exercises that hasten the fat burning process.

So the point of this article was to let you know that all good ab workouts are made more effective through healthy food and living.