To get ripped abs you first need to loss all that tummy fat. Early morning walks and afternoon slow jogs just won’t do it anymore. If you are serious about dropping shredding that fat and getting lean with ripped abs than here are some exercises for your stomach.

As described in my previous article circuits is one main exercise routine that will help you drop that tummy. Combine these circuits and intervals with a full body workout and what you have is a fat burning furnace of a body.

Effective exercises for your stomach come from any intense resisting movements that involve your legs. Remember the “word” I used was intense and resistance. Unfortunately afternoon walks don’t fit in this category. You need to learn to step up your performance. Turn walks into brisk walks or slow jogs into running and eventually short sprints.

Sample Intervals

Interval training has the ability to supercharge your fitness, increase your metabolism and more importantly burn off that stubborn fat. You will notice that with intervals you will reach your goals faster.

Sprint Intervals

These are measured either by time or distance. They can be as short as 15 seconds or as long as 20 minutes in aerobic interval training. An example of a sprint interval can be sprinting for 30 seconds along a pitch recovering for 15 seconds and sprinting again.

Rest Intervals

Periods of recovery is known as rest intervals. During these rest and recovery periods athletes do not stop their exercise altogether. Instead they slow their pace gradually giving their body enough time to recover from the sprint intervals. I should also mention that your recovery time is dependent on your individual fitness levels.

Intensity

This can be measured on a scale of 1-10, with “10” been your best efforts and “1” representing no effort at all. To get the best results you should always give 100% effort but only at a level that is safe. Exercises for your stomach using interval training are more then enough to drop that tummy.

Sample Interval Ideas

Tabata exercises- To make this effective in your sprint interval you have to go all out. You need to do as many reps as you can in the 20 seconds, rest for 10, then pick it up again and go hard again for another 20 seconds. Repeat this process 8 times.

Fartlek – On the track sprint for 10 seconds, followed by 20 seconds medium paced jog followed by a 30 second brisk walk. Repeat process. (do this for 20 minutes)

Hillsprints – After a 20 minute jog choose a hill roughly 50 meters high and sprint up and walk back to starting point. Repeat process 6 times.

Any one of these is excellent exercises for your stomach.

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