Lower Ab Exercises
To Melt Belly Fat Fast

Lower ab exercises are a must to have added to your ab workout routine if you want to see nothing but the best of results.

As you go about your six pack ab workout program, one area that you must not forget to work is the lower abs. For most people, the top two abs are relatively easy to get showing. If you follow a good diet and make sure that you work the abs regularly, it won't be long before you have a low enough body fat level to see some definition coming through.

But those bottom abs? They are a whole other story. It's going to take much work and dedication to get this area of the stomach defined but fortunately, with the following lower ab exercises your job will be that much easier.

Remember that almost all ab exercises will stimulate all regions of the abs but there are some that focus more on the lower ab muscles themselves. These are the ones that you want to pay extra special attention to because they are going to help move you one step closer to success.

Here are the lower ab exercises to keep in mind.

Lying Back Presses

The very first movement that you should be including in your ab workout is lying back presses. This is a very simple exercise and can be done at any point in the day but will train the lower abs to stay contracted and help you appear slimmer.

All you do for this one is simply get into a laying position on the floor, back to the ground, and then press that lower back into the ground as hard as possible. Hold this for at least one minute and then relax again.

As you do this you'll notice that those lower ab muscles tense up very well and this will help them maintain a state of contraction at all times when done regularly.

Lying Leg Raises With A Split

Second, another one of our top exercises for lower abs is lying leg raises with a split. For this exercise you're going to get into that lying position again with the back to the ground but this time, after raising and lowering the legs up off the floor, before you come right down to the ground you're to pause and move into a wide side split position.

Note this will be more advanced and require some flexibility, but if you can split the legs this will really target the lower abs as they stay contracted to maintain the position.

Once split, close them once again and then move back upwards into the rise portion of the exercise.

Reverse Crunches

Reverse crunches are another of our lower ab exercises that you can perform with your ab workout. For these you simply squeeze the knees directly into the chest, pausing and trying to hold them once they're there and then relax again to complete the rep.

Aim to do thirty of these at a time and you'll really be feeling it in those lower abs.

Wide Stance Plank

Finally, the last of the lower ab exercises is the wide stance plank. While the regular plank is definitely a good exercise to do for the lower abs as well, when you widen the stance you place even more stress on the target ab muscles.

Hold this position for up to one minute in length to fully challenge those ab muscles and then rest before repeating for a second rep.

Performing The Lower Ab Exercises

So now that you know which exercises to perform, how often should you be doing them throughout the course of the week?

For best results, aim to perform all of the above exercises at least twice per week, with three times being ideal.

There is no need to perform ab exercises daily as long as you're making sure to give it your all when you do actually do the workout. Remember to focus in and squeeze the muscles as hard as possible as that will be key to getting that definition to show.

So there you have everything you need to get started with your workouts. Remember to swap out these movements for other lower ab exercises regularly so that your muscles never reach a progress plateau.

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