· Old fashioned sit-ups. This provides a lot of stress on the lower back and increases your chances of injury.
They mostly work your hip flexor muscles and hardly work your abs at all.
It makes it worse when you have your hands behind your head and pull.

· Straight leg lifts for your lower abs. This also increases your chances of back injury. Your lower back and legs are doing most of the work and has little effect on your midsection.

· Crunches with your knees dropped to one side. This places a lot of stress on your vertebrae when you twist your spine and lift up. Back pain will surely be felt when continuing these exercises.

· Using the twist action with a broomstick across your shoulders. There is absolutely no resistance to make your midsection any stronger.

· Bicycling. Although bicycling IS a great aerobic exercise and burns plenty of calories, the stomach muscles are hardly used. Your legs and glutes are the predominate muscles here.

Check back to read about some of the best exercises to firm and flatten your midsection.
Please also leave your comments to let me know what you think and how you feel.
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Loukas
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