{"id":1335,"date":"2011-03-15T05:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T09:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2014-09-22T11:46:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T18:46:50","slug":"best-ab-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/best-ab-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask G: Best Ab Exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear G, <\/p>\n

I need tips on losing weight around my stomach. In junior high they nicknamed me “Round Robin.” I lost some weight but my middle still needs help! <\/p>\n

Robin<\/em><\/p>\n

Hey Robin, <\/p>\n

you are not alone! First off, junior high was a tough time for many of us. At my school, kids had nicknames like Duck Face, Hogger, and Subtle Randy (to be fair, Randy was quite subtle).<\/p>\n

Despite middle school teasing, you can totally defeat ab flab. And while there\u2019s no magic\u00a0tiger blood<\/a> to turn that belly jelly into a six-pack, I do have a few favorite exercises to improve your stomach\u00a0Situation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are my favorite ab moves \u2013 check out the videos below, courtesy of Exercise TV<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Mountain Climbers<\/strong> \u2013 Get down to all fours in a standard plank position. Bring your knees to your chest \u2013 alternating the right and left leg 20 times.<\/p>\n

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Leg Drop<\/strong> \u2013 Laying on your back raise your legs straight up to a 90-degree angle.\u00a0 Slowly lower each leg, alternating between the left and the right. Repeat 15 times with each leg.<\/p>\n

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Side Plank Knee Pull <\/strong>\u2013 Get into a side plank position. Holding yourself up with your obliques, stack your hands and bring your lower knee up and across. Tap and repeat. Do this exercise 20 times on each side.<\/p>\n

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Plank Ball Roll <\/strong>\u2013 Put your exercise ball on the floor and roll yourself into a plank position with your shoelaces resting on the top of the ball. Pull your knees into your chest and roll the ball towards your head. Repeat 15 times.<\/p>\n

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For more amazing ab workouts check out Cindy Whitmarsh’s Incredible Abs<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0Kathy\u00a0Faulstich’s <\/a>Lose Weight in\u00a08<\/a> and Jillian\u00a0Michaels<\/a>!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

xx, G<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Dear G, I need tips on losing weight around my stomach. In junior high they ...","author":63307,"featured_media":1336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20110316_abs_cropped-365x198.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20110316_abs_cropped.jpg","formated_date":"March 15, 2011","category_name":"Fitness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#421bad","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}