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Still Doing A Sit Up? Try This More Effective Six Pack Abs Workouts

Talking about exercise or training related to abs muscle either try to lose belly fat or getting a flat six pack abs, the one that first comes to our mind is doing a sit-up. This exercise is well known by centuries and until today still used by many people around the world. People do a sit-up to lose their stubborn stomach fat or try to get a hard rock six pack abs. Those two purpose cannot separated each other because if we succeed in losing our stomach fat we will also get a flat six pack abs. Actually this old fashion workout not quite effective for abs exercises, there are many other exercises which are more effective shaping your abs.

First time when we do a sit up exercise, we do not encounter any problem. But after doing sit up for a while, such as making a 20 sit ups, we will start to feel something wrong in this exercise. You will feel some pain around your neck and your back also. These are couple things that really often appearing to a people who doing a sit up exercise. Actually there is a procedure or a correct technique in order to avoid neck injury, but pain at your back still happen quite often.

Considering the reasons above, we should try another exercises or workouts which is more safer and some exercise can be more effective. Here are some abs workouts we should try:
* Planks
This exercise is very simple but quite effective. You simply create a push up position when the hand straight up. Then hold your straight body position as long as possible, your stomach and back muscles will work hard to keep your body straight. It very simple but you will understand why this exercise is quite effective when you already give it a try.
* Captain Chair
We use some tools to do this exercise. Our hands and elbows we use to support our body and then lift the foot up to 90 degrees. If you are already familiar, you can use both legs clipped dumbbells to add weight.
* Barbell abs roll out
This workout use a spesific roll out tool in the form of a single wheel with handles on two sides. But if you can not find those tools, do not worry because you can use a barbell that the plate is free to spin. Rests on the knee and both arms holding on rollout. Rollout Push forward until your back is parallel with the floor (not attached) and then pull back.
* Reverse Crunch
It just like an ordinary crunch / sit up, the difference is not your body which is lift but your leg moving from buckling position to straight position. Lower abdominal muscle will be trained well.
* Butt ups
This exercise similar with planks but not static. After a plank position, pull the pelvis upwards. Then return to a starting position and repeat again.

Now you have more ways to lose your belly fat and get a six pack abs instead of only doing a sit up. Those six pack abs programs above can avoid an injury on your neck or your back, also the workouts are easy to do.

If you think that abs exercises are only 5 as stated above, then you are wrong. Actually there are more exercises which gives greater impact to your abs and less time to do. You can find it at TruthAboutAbs Program and you will also get a FREE e-Report, Training & Nutrition Insider Secrets for a Lean-Body (a $17.95 value), with loads and loads of lean-body tips you can start to use right away for finally losing your stubborn stomach fat!

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