
Things To Avoid: This exercise may seem quite easy, but you can strain yourself if you don’t warm up properly before starting your routine. Try to avoid foods high in saturated fats and refined sugars and focus mainly on nutrient dense whole foods. This helps you lose fat from around your belly and expose your hidden abdominal muscles. The real key to getting a lean stomach is by combining a healthy diet with cardiovascular exercise. Oblique muscles are also very important for your core strength.

This means that by doing this exercise correctly you can quickly lose your love handles when combined with a clean diet and cardio exercise plan. By concentrating on these muscles you can increase the rate at which they are strengthened. Many other abdominal exercises neglect these muscles. Why This Exercise is Important: Doing flutter kick oblique crunches is a very important part of any abdominal exercise program because they will target your oblique muscles very well. Your oblique muscles are located at the sides of your abdomen. They are actually extremely important when trying to firm up your belly.

These muscles are often neglected and forgotten about. This stomach toning exercise will target all of the abdominal muscles but focus mainly on the oblique muscles. These include the transversus abdominis, rectus abdominis, and two oblique muscles. Muscles Targeted: There are four groups of muscles which form the abdominals. Be sure to concentrate on having your abdominals do all the work! The idea is to execute the movement in a smooth and controlled fashion so as to simulate riding a bicycle while lying on your back. Repeat this step with your other knee and elbow for as many repetitions as you can. Immediately raise one knee (your choice) up to the elbow of the opposite side and try to touch your elbow to that knee. Keep both legs straight about one inch off of the floor.

Exercise Instructions: Start by lying on your back onto a mat with your hands behind your head.
