Best workouts and food to eat for a flat tummy and abs?

[MayRose]

Does anyone know any good work outs to get a flat toned stomach? Also any good foods to eat?

[aamy811]

It doesn't matter how many crunches you do because you can't out exercise a bad diet. You have to lose weight all over to unveil those abs
losing weight is extremely simple. Exercise at least three times a week for an hour and eat balanced meals. A proper plate should consist of 1/2 veggies or fruit, 1/4 complex carb (such as brown rice, quinoa or wheat bread, etc), and your protein should be the size of your palm. For exercise I think weight lifting is most effective (don't worry about getting bulky, women lack the necessary hormones to get muscles like men), I think it's more effective because it burns calories long, and build lean muscle which burns calories by just existing. If you want bigger muscles (example, larger butt or arms) then do heavy weighted exercises with low reps (low weight high rep) and if you want smaller leaner muscle do low weights high rep (this basically toned preexisting muscle. And add about 20mins of cardio of your choice. This is what I find most affective but great at home workouts like blogilates or tone it up on YouTube are great and free.
Staying motivated us hard, but I suggest making a vision board. It sound stupid but it works (mine has a picture if my setting or before body and next to it are a bunch of pictures of my dream body) seeing how far I had come or was going really set the tone of my day and reminded me what I was working for. I also keep one picture of my dream body on the fridge so that it reminds me to make smart choices about what I'm eating

Benefits of strength training

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[Jaden69]

crunches and ab exercises will help you further define your abs though.

[aamy811]

@Jaden69 yeah totally. You should do them but if you've sill got a on of extra fat you won't see any of the results from that hardwork

[MayRose]

Okay thanks a lot! I do the blogilates videos everyday. I don't want to lose weight I just want to tone my stomach and flatten it out a bit.

[aamy811]

Thanks for MHO

[dashyguydotcom]

you can't really define what is the optimal way to slim down, since everybody's body handles differently. Well some things do still apply to everybody like: 1. Drink a lot water 2. Eat healthy (no fast foods/ softdrinks) 3. Sleep enough 4. Do yo workout...
Basically you need to have a healthy calory intake which is a bit lower than your calory maintenance during a set period of time to loose weight and the opposite to gain weight.
For workouts I do not know if you are asking for "pre-manufactured" workout routines... there are a TON in the internet, if not I'd just say do bodyweight training or go to the gym (Running on the treadmill is one of the slowest ways to burn calories, next to riding the bike) but as a sidenote i'd suggest you try to train seriously so that at the end of the workout you feel exhausted to some degree. Try to push your limits ;)

[MayRose]

Yes I only drink water and naturally decaffeinated green tea. I usually eat healthy on week days but, treat myself on weekends. I don't want to lose weight I just want to tone and flatten my stomach a bit. Thanks for the information!

[dashyguydotcom]

well, to "tone down" you have to loose fat, especially in your stomach-area... In other words you want to loose weight ^^ my tip is to focus your workout more around the stomach then, so that the muscles in that area "eat" the nutrition from the fat when you have a calorie deficit in your body

[Eridan]

I do something like this every other day:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2dfk4x_girls-7-minute-lean-six-pack-abs-workout_sport

It seems to work pretty well, the first time I did this I could hardly stand up the next day. But it's true that you wan't get visible abs unless you lose the fat covering them, so diet and cardio are a crucial.

[Jaden69]

I'd do jack knives, leg raises, cable crunches, and dumbell side bends (for the obliques).

[MayRose]

Okay thanks. Not sure what cable crunches are.

[Klaatu51]

i guess by avoiding sugary foods maybe?

[MayRose]

Yea I try to eat healthy on the weekdays but I usually treat myself on weekends.