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Abs Exercises

Build stronger, more defined abs with these proven exercises

130exercises found

3/4 Sit-up

Beginner
Abs

The 3/4 sit-up is a bodyweight exercise for your stomach muscles. You curl your upper body up about halfway. This uses your abs and lower back to make your core strong.

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Air Bike

Beginner
Abs

The air bike is a bodyweight workout that strengthens your stomach and hip muscles. You lie on your back and move your legs like you are pedaling a bicycle, while touching your elbows to your opposite knees to work your core.

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Assisted Hanging Knee Raise With Throw Down

Advanced
Abs

This is a hard exercise for your tummy and hips. You hang from a bar, pull your knees up, and then push your legs down very fast. It takes a lot of strength and control to do it right.

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Assisted Lying Leg Raise With Throw Down

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise works your tummy muscles, hips, and thighs. You lie on your back and lift your straight legs up. Then, you lower them very fast—like a throw—and lift them up again. People often do this with a partner helping them.

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Band Bicycle Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise works your tummy muscles and the sides of your waist. Using a stretchy band makes it harder, so your body has to stay very strong and steady to keep you balanced.

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Band Jack Knife Sit-up

Intermediate
Abs

The band jack knife sit-up is a tummy exercise that uses a stretchy band to make the workout harder. It works your stomach muscles and hips. To do it, you lift your legs and your upper body up at the exact same time while holding the band. You need a strong core and good balance to do this.

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Band Kneeling Twisting Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

This is a tummy exercise used to make your core stronger. You kneel down and hold a stretchy band, then twist your upper body against the band's pull to work your stomach and side muscles.

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Band Push Sit-up

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise uses a resistance band to make a standard sit-up harder. You hold the band while sitting up to work your stomach muscles more. It also helps strengthen your shoulders and chest because they have to keep your arms steady.

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Band Standing Twisting Crunch

Beginner
Abs

This exercise works your stomach muscles and sides using a resistance band. You twist your upper body and crunch down to strengthen your core.

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Band Vertical Pallof Press

Beginner
Abs

This exercise strengthens your core by making you stop your body from twisting. It works your tummy and side muscles. To do it, you push a band straight out from your chest while trying to stay completely still against the pull.

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Barbell Press Sit-up

Advanced
Abs

This is a hard exercise for your tummy. It mixes a regular sit-up with pushing a bar. It works your abs, shoulders, and chest. You need to be strong and good at balancing to push the bar safely while you sit up.

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Barbell Rollerout

Advanced
Abs

This is a hard exercise for your tummy muscles that also works your lower back. You need to be very strong and steady to do it safely.

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Barbell Seated Twist

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise works your stomach muscles, especially the sides and lower back. You perform it by sitting on a bench, holding a barbell, and slowly turning your upper body from side to side.

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Barbell Side Bent V. 2

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise works your stomach muscles, especially the sides, and helps your lower back stay steady. You do it by holding a barbell and bending your upper body from side to side.

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Barbell Standing Twist

Beginner
Abs

This exercise works your tummy muscles, especially the sides and lower back. You hold a barbell and turn your upper body from side to side. It makes your core stronger and helps you stay steady when you twist.

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Bodyweight Incline Side Plank

Beginner
Abs

This exercise helps make your tummy muscles strong. You lie on your side and hold your body up using only your forearm and feet. The goal is to keep your body as straight as a pencil.

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Cable Kneeling Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise works your stomach muscles using a cable machine. You kneel down holding a rope behind your head, then bend your upper body forward and down. This movement helps strengthen your abs and the sides of your waist.

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Cable Reverse Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

The cable reverse crunch is a stomach exercise that uses a cable machine to make the standard reverse crunch harder. It mainly works your abdominal muscles and also uses your hip muscles.

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Cable Seated Twist

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise uses a cable machine to work your stomach muscles and the sides of your waist. You sit down and turn your upper body while the machine pulls against you.

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Cable Side Bend

Beginner
Abs

This exercise works the muscles on the sides of your stomach. You stand up tall and bend sideways against the pull of a cable machine.

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Cable Side Bend Crunch (bosu Ball)

Advanced
Abs

This exercise works the muscles on the sides of your stomach. You pull a cable while standing on a wobbly ball, which makes it harder to keep your balance.

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Cable Standing Crunch (with Rope Attachment)

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise uses a cable machine and a rope handle to work your stomach muscles. It targets the front and sides of your tummy. You bend your upper body forward against the weight to give your core a strong workout.

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Cable Twist

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise works your tummy muscles, especially the ones on the sides. You use a machine with a cable to twist your upper body while pulling against weight. This helps make your middle section strong and steady.

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Cable Twist (up-down)

Intermediate
Abs

The cable twist (up-down) works your tummy muscles, specifically the sides and lower back. It uses a cable machine to make turning your body harder, which builds strength.

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Cocoons

Beginner
Abs

This is a tummy exercise that uses your own body weight. It focuses on strengthening your stomach muscles, while also working your hips and lower back. You will curl your upper body up from the floor to a halfway position while keeping your core tight.

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Cross Body Crunch

Beginner
Abs

This exercise works your stomach muscles using just your body weight. You twist your upper body to bring one elbow toward the opposite knee to tighten your core.

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Crunch (hands Overhead)

Intermediate
Abs

In this version of the crunch, you keep your arms reaching straight out past your head. This makes your body longer, which makes your tummy muscles work much harder than usual.

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Crunch (on Stability Ball, Arms Straight)

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise works your stomach muscles and hips using a stability ball. Because the ball is unsteady, your body has to work harder to keep you balanced.

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Crunch (on Stability Ball)

Intermediate
Abs

This exercise works your stomach muscles and hip muscles. Because the ball wiggles, you have to work harder to balance than you would on the floor. This helps make your core very strong.

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Crunch Floor

Beginner
Abs

The floor crunch is a well-known exercise for your tummy. You do it while lying on your back. It makes your abs stronger and you do not need any special tools.

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Decline Crunch

Intermediate
Abs

This is a tummy exercise done on a bench that slants down. You lie with your head lower than your legs and curl your upper body up to work your abs.

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Decline Sit-up

Intermediate
Abs

The decline sit-up is a tummy exercise you do on a slanted bench. Because you are lying head-down, gravity makes it harder to sit up. It works your abs, hips, and lower back.

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Dumbbell Side Bend

Beginner
Abs

The dumbbell side bend is a focused exercise for your waist muscles. You hold a weight in one hand and lean to the side to strengthen your middle.

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Elbow-to-knee

Beginner
Abs

This simple exercise uses your own body weight to strengthen your tummy muscles, specifically the front and sides of your stomach. It works by twisting your body while you lift up.

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Exercise Ball Prone Leg Raise

Intermediate
Spine

To do the exercise ball prone leg raise, lie on your stomach with your legs straight and your toes resting on a stability ball. Use your lower back and butt muscles to lift your legs up. This exercise strengthens your spine and core muscles.

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Flag

Advanced
Abs

The flag is a tough exercise that uses your own body weight. It works your tummy, shoulders, and grip. You hold onto a standing pole and lift your whole body sideways until it is straight and flat, just like a flag.

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Flexion Leg Sit Up (bent Knee)

Intermediate
Abs

This is a bodyweight exercise for your stomach muscles. You curl your upper body up while bringing your knees to your chest at the same time. It works your abs and hip muscles.

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Frog Crunch

Beginner
Abs

The frog crunch is an abdominal exercise using your own body weight. It works your stomach muscles and helps strengthen your hips. You do it by lying on your back, keeping your feet close together with knees bent, and curling your upper body upward.

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Frog Planche

Advanced
Abs

This is a hard bodyweight exercise. It works your tummy muscles, shoulders, chest, and the back of your arms. You need to be strong, have good balance, and be able to control your upper body to do it.

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Front Plank With Twist

Intermediate
Abs

This is a tummy exercise that also works your sides and shoulders. You will hold your body straight like a board and turn your upper body to one side. This helps you balance better.

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Full Planche

Advanced
Abs

This is a hard bodyweight exercise that needs a lot of strength and balance. You hold your body flat in the air above the ground, balancing only on your hands.

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Gorilla Chin

Advanced
Abs

This challenging bodyweight exercise works your abs, forearms, and biceps. It uses a pull-up movement combined with tightening your stomach muscles to lift your chin over the bar.

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Groin Crunch

Beginner
Abs

The groin crunch is a bodyweight workout that helps strengthen your tummy muscles. It also works on the front of your hips and your inner thighs. To do it, you lie on your back and pull your knees up to your chest while using your tummy muscles to lift.

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Half Sit-up (male)

Beginner
Abs

This bodyweight exercise works your stomach muscles. You lift your upper body halfway up from the floor, mostly using your abs and a little bit of your hips.

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Hanging Leg Hip Raise

Intermediate
Abs

This is a simple exercise where you use your own body weight to make your tummy muscles strong. You hang from a high bar and lift your legs up. This works your middle section and the front of your hips.

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Hanging Leg Raise

Advanced
Abs

This exercise uses your own body weight to make your tummy and hip muscles stronger. You hang from a bar and lift your legs up in front of you while keeping your stomach tight.

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Hanging Oblique Knee Raise

Advanced
Abs

This is a tummy exercise. You hang from a bar and pull your knees up high. While lifting your knees, you twist your body to the side. This works your stomach muscles and the sides of your waist.

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Hanging Pike

Advanced
Abs

The hanging pike is a hard tummy exercise. You hang from a pull-up bar and lift your straight legs up until your body looks like the letter 'V'. It works your stomach muscles and the front of your hips.

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Hanging Straight Leg Hip Raise

Advanced
Abs

This is a hard workout that makes your tummy and hip muscles strong. You need a strong grip and a strong stomach to do it safely while holding onto a bar.

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Hanging Straight Leg Raise

Advanced
Abs

This is a tough stomach exercise. You hang from a bar and lift your legs straight up in front of you. It works your tummy muscles and the front of your hips.

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