How To Do Ab Exercises Using Resistance Bands

Who says you have to buy expensive machines to get a flat stomach or lose weight? This is not true at all. Doing exercises using very inexpensive resistant bands, which will only set you back about 15 dollars, sticking to an effective training program and by working out every other day as part of your new lifestyle, you will get the firm abs that you have desired and have lost the weight which you only dreamed about. The key components to getting in shape and getting firmer abs include having a healthy diet, resistance training (with resistance bands and weights), cardiovascular training, and abdominal exercises. A training program which incorporates these elements will be helpful in burning calories, developing strength, and building muscle. But you first need to lose the belly fat in order to show the abdominal muscles.

One way I like to include abdominal workouts into my routine is to do ab crunches in between sets of bench press, pull-ups or other weight training exercises. When training I will usually rest 1 or 2 minutes in between sets when lifting weights, which is a perfect opportunity to work the abs. So by the end of a good upper body workout, you can have as many as 10-20 sets of abdominal exercises under your belt.

This is a unique way to work to do ab crunches. Using resistance bands you can enhance the results that normal ab crunches can deliver. To do an ab crunch with a resistance band, you first need to attach the center of the resistance band to an anchor. The door attachment strap which you can buy with a resistance band kit comes in handy for this exercise. Attach the door attachment to a door handle. Ensure the bands are anchored high enough so it provides enough resistance. From a kneeling position, place the resistance band handles against the forehead area. Next, do ab crunches making sure the elbows are moving toward the middle of the thighs. Exhale as the abs are contracted. Repeat 50-100 times. The kneeling resistance band ab crunch is a medium level exercise so make sure that you don’t overdo it if you are a beginning exerciser.

Another ab exercise which I have found to be very effective is the bicycle crunch. Here is a demonstration of how to do the bicycle crunch with good form.

If your plan is to not only build lean muscle but to also lose weight, then cardiovascular exercises should be incorporated in to your training program, and consistency is very important. You should try and do thirty minutes of activities like walking, running, cycling, or swimming daily three times per week at the very least.

There is no rush to achieve your fitness goals. If you haven’t trained in a long time, start off slowly making sure you are doing exercises with good form, and focus on progression. With progression you will get increased strength gains and more muscle! If you feel that an exercise is too easy, increase the weights or resistance to make the exercise more demanding.