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Best Abs Workout For Women

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Best Abs Workout For Women

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What is the best ab workout for women?

What is the best ab work out to get nice defined abs and get rid off the lower stomach pooch?
I am very active however I still don't have those defined abs that I want. So what is a really good ab work out?

You won’t get rid of a “lower stomach pooch...pouch” just by doing crunches, but you still need to do crunches to get a strong core (a strong core helps you with other exercises and for everyday activities).

You need to lower your BFP (Body Fat Percentage) in order to lose the belly pouch. Btw, you have no lower stomach...You have only one stomach, located on your left side, just under your boobs. Under that is belly fat, the annoying “first one in, last one out” kind.

Once, I went down a size in 3 months, without even losing weight because my goal was not to lose weight but to be stronger, toner, thinner and lose my belly pouch. I lost 2% of my body fat percentage.
I lost fat reserves with aerobics and gained muscle mass with weight training. It was a great experience because I looked so much better with a hint of a curve of muscle definition and everything physical in my life got easier, like going up the stairs or carrying grocery bags.
I tripled/quadrupled my strength (depending on which muscle you’re talking about). The best part is that I would eat more to get enough energy and a high blood sugar level to make my weight training easy and efficient. And I only had to do a daily average of exercising of 300 calories while eating enough to cover my Basal Metabolic Rate.

Work out your Whole Body to take advantage of toning everywhere so you rev up your metabolism and can lose BFP.
Build as much muscle mass as you can, which is the weight loss miracle. You do not lose fat reserves doing weight training but you lose a lot of fat reserves maintaining your extra muscle mass.

Do very slow crunches for the abs (regular, reverse, oblique, bicycle...)
(3 seconds up…3 seconds down…slow enough to reach the deep muscle fiber so you don’t need to do endless reps.)
Reverse crunches are best to strengthen the lower abs.
To tone the quads, hamstring and gluteus, do door squats.
Do leg extensions and lunges for the quads.
Use a Thigh Master for the hip adductors and do side leg lifts for the hip abductors.
For the gluteus, do butt/hip extensions and pelvic lifts.
Doing back leg lifts will strengthen your gluteus and hamstrings.
Do heel raises for the calves.