BEST LOWER AB WORKOUT
Are you training for tight, toned and muscular abs? Have you tried just about every exercise known to man without results. Well, the answer to your problem is much simpler than you think. When you get right down to it, you are already sporting the much desired "six-pack". For most of us, however, it is buried underneath a layer of flab that accumulated through a lifestyle that was a bit too sedentary and a diet too rich in calories, fat, or both. This article will help explain the type of training necessary to maintain a flat, muscular midsection. Look on this site for details on the proper nutritional program to go along with your best lower ab workout.
A Little Anatomy
Your rectus abdominus muscle originates at the xiphoid process (tip of sternum) and inserts near the pubic symphysis. Its muscle fibers run vertically and are divided by bands of fibrous tissue that separate it into four segments. This is what gives the area its "six-pack" appearance. Upon contraction, the rectus abdominus muscle flexes the spine and compresses the abdominal cavity.
The cross-directional arrangement of the internal and external oblique muscles work in conjunction with the rectus abdominus to flex the spine and compress the abdominal cavity. When isolated the internal and external oblique muscles will also rotate the trunk.
What It All Means
To put it in simplest terms, you will work your abs and oblique muscles anytime you do one of two things:
flex your spine bringing your torso towards your hips, or
flex your spine bringing your hips towards your torso
It really is as simple as that. A common misconception is that it is necessary, or even possible, to work the infamous lower ab, separately. The abdominal muscle is not separated into "upper" and "lower" segments. It has only one point of origin and one insertion point. The reason people want to focus more work on the lower section is that we tend to store more fat in this area. You know, the spot just below your belly button. The area that, while in your teens, used to be flat and tight no matter what you ate. Oh yeah, that spot!
Well if doing additional resistance exercise that targeted this area burn off fat stores it would be called spot reducing. Science has proved long ago that it is not possible to spot reduce. Fat loss will come from everywhere-not just one specific, targeted area.
The bottom line is that the best lower ab workout is any good abdominal exercise. Working the muscle with a variety of exercises, reps and weight will help ensure that you are doing everything necessary (from a training standpoint) to achieve a tight midsection. Have you already been doing this without progress? Then the answer lies in your nutritional program. That will be tackled in another article. If you are in decent shape and have no physical limitations, give this workout a try.
Hanging Leg Raise 15 reps 3 sets
Kneeling Cable Crunch 25 reps 3 sets
Reverse Crunches 15 reps 3 sets
Crunches 25 reps 3 sets
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