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Ab Index
Everything you ever wanted to know about your abs

By Paige Waehner, About.com Guide

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I get so many questions about abs that I decided to put together a little ab index for my readers. All my workouts, exercises, gear picks and articles are listed below for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

Ab Workouts

Abs & Back This workout challenges your core strength with killer balancing moves.

Abs, Hips & Thighs
This workout targets your abs as well as the lower body using an exercise ball and a medicine ball.

Dynamic Abs
This challenging workout offers some different exercises for you to try with a band, an exercise ball and a medicine ball.

Sample Ab Workouts
This page offers some examples of what a typical ab workout might look like for beginners, intermediates and advanced exercisers. It's just an example! Make your own modifications.

Core Work on the Ball
These exercises aren't strictly for abs, but they do challenge the core muscles. Some of them are quite hard so use caution and watch out for small pets (trust me on that one).

Top 5 Ab Exercises
This page lists the most effective ab exercises you can do, so it's not really a workout...but close.

Yoga & Pilates for Abs
This workout incorporates some basic yoga and pilates moves that all work the core.

Information:

Ab FAQ's
Best ab exercises, getting rid of belly flab, lower abs, getting six-pack abs.

Myths About Your Abs
Learn how to reach your ab goals by getting rid of these myths for once and for all.

Strengthening Your Abs
I'm on a campaign to get people away from the idea of six-packs and towards the idea of strong abs...because having strong abs doesn't mean your tummy looks like a washboard. Really!

Ab Equipment
I'm not a huge fan of ab equipment, but there are some great tools out there for working your abs. Check it out.

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