10 exercises to flatten that tummy

Natasha van Zwieten
I am Natasha van Zwieten and I am a biokineticist. I have an avid passion for exercise and for researching the latest technologies regarding diet, exercise and natural organic ways of living.

Are you interested in:
•losing weight
• toning up
• getting fit
• improving your diet
• improving your kids' diet
• improving your way of life
• This will give you that edge in day-to-day tasks to be better than the rest and to look good in that special dress then please read my blog.

Ball roll outs
Use the big gym ball. Sit on your knees. Then lean onto the ball with your elbows. Roll forwards and backwards.

Ankle taps
Lie on your back. Crunch upwards so only the lower part of your. shoulders are touching the floor. Reach your right hand to your right ankle then reach and touch your left ankle with your left hand. Try and do this fairly quickly.

Isometric crunches
Crunch and hold it for 10 seconds 10 times.

Sit-throughs
These are another type of crunches. You place one hand on top of the other. Then crunch up and down gently with your hands going in between you knees which are bent and feet flat on the floor.

Side crunches
Lie on your side. Place the top hand behind your head and crunch toward the top hip.

Knee slides
Crunch up and down with your hands on your legs.

Reverse crunches
Lie down on your back. Stay there. Lift you legs up towards the ceiling bend your knees slightly. Cross one leg over the other. Lift te feet towards the ceiling. Only about 5cm upwards.

Ab cycling
Lie on your back. Lift legs up and down in a controlled manner up towards your chest as if cycling. If that’s too easy. Progress to touching elbows to knees. Opposite elbow to opposite knee.

Pilates Hundreds
Lie on your back. Lift your bent knees to 90 degree. Lift head off ground. Straighten arms and pump them up and down as if patting someone on the head with straight arms.

Shoelace taps
Lie on the ground. Straighten the legs to the ceiling (as straight as you can). Try and touch your shoe laces.
A progression is with the use of a medicine ball.

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