Exercises and Workouts - Three Ways To Boost Your Ab Muscle Activation

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If you are someone who is hoping to get firm flat abs, there's no question you are devoting some time to your ab training at the gym. Getting your ab workouts into your training should be a priority but, in addition, make sure you don't overlook the importance of a healthy eating plan.

When it comes to seeing superior fat loss, a healthy diet is going to be key and fat loss is what you're after for optimal muscle definition.

This said, as you go about your ab workouts, you want to make sure you are maximizing the results you see from them. The following tricks and techniques will help you do just that...

1. Breathe Properly. Breathing properly is a must in any exercise you're doing. By using the correct breathing patterns, you'll help yourself generate more force on the muscle contraction, pressing up more weight and therefore making effective progress.

To breathe properly when doing abdominal core exercises, you'll want to breathe out as you perform the first phase of the movement... and then breathe in when you perform the second lowering phase.

Using this breathing pattern is going to help to also prevent pressure build-up, which could lead to you feeling light-headed or dizzy as well.

2. Mind-Muscle Connection. Maintaining a strong mind-muscle connection is the next vital element for good results. This means as you move through the exercise, you are visualizing your muscles contracting and shortening. By doing this, you turn your full attention to the exercise on hand, giving it more effort overall.

Many people get into the habit of just moving through the range of motion, which will lead to sub-optimal results.

Give it your all. If you aren't focused when in the gym, you need to work on changing that or you will always see only mediocre results.

3. Do Moves In The Prone Position. Finally, aim to do some exercises in the prone position as often as possible as you move through the ab workout. For instance, prone ball roll-ins are perfect for developing superior abdominal muscle tension and even improving your balance capabilities.

Plank exercises are another winner as far as ab intensity goes.

By doing a variety of ab moves, you keep your abs guessing and responding - and getting stronger in the process.

So don't go about another ho-hum ab workout again. Give it your all so the time you spend really pays off while in the gym.

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