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Watch free exercises videos with different types of crunches and ab exercises to tone your abs at FitnessMagazine.com.

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Targets abs and lower back. Do each move (toe-reach crunch , bicycle abs, plank) for 60 seconds or as long as you can maintain good form.

floor with your knees bent and your arms at your side. Toe-Reach Crunches : Lie on your back and extend your legs up toward the ceiling. Reach your fingers toward your toes and crunch up in a pulsating motion. Continue these crunches for about 1 minute or as long as you can maintain good form. Keep a small distance between your chin and your

Cowboy Crunch

The Cowboy Crunch exercise targets your abdominals while working your hips and hamstrings. Do 15 reps. Cowboy Crunch , 1 set of 15 reps.

Drop 10 pounds with Fitness Magazine's You Can Do It Plan. Cowboy Crunch : Do 15 reps on each side. Take your time tapping your toes to give your abs extra toning.

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floor with your knees bent and your arms at your sides. Toe-Reach Crunches : Lie on your back and extend your legs up toward the ceiling. Reach your fingers toward your toes and crunch up in a pulsating motion. Continue these crunches for about 1 minute or as long as you can maintain good form. Keep a small distance between your chin and your

Trunk Rotation

You'll need a 8- to 10-pound dumbbell. This works your shoulders, abs, and obliques. Do 12-15 reps per side, then crunch straight up toward toes for another 12-15 reps.

movement. Next, bring your legs and arms back to the center. Now, crunch straight up, reaching the dumbbell horizontally toward your toes. The Trunk Rotation targets your abs, obliques, which are the muscles that run down your side, and your shoulder muscles. Continue these crunches for 30 seconds. If you need to make this exercise easier, do it without the dumbbell.

Circle Crunch

The Circle Crunch exercise tones your abs and outer thighs.

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Butterfly Crunch

Build your six-pack with this ab-toning move.

Butterfly Crunch : Lie down with the soles of your feet together and pull them towards your body. Put your hands behind your head. Now, exhale and curl your chest a few inches up off the floor, lower back down. Crunch up again for 10 reps. Be sure to keep your lower back flat on the floor and your stomach muscles tight. This

Oblique Twist With Leg Extension

This move tones your abs and obliques as well as your thighs and arms.

stack them in front of you. Now, extend your left leg and crunch up, lifting the weight across your body toward the raised left leg. Crunch up for 2 counts then come down stacking your left leg back on top of the right. Do 8 to 12 crunches . Then

your knees in front of you. Now, extend your right leg and crunch up, lifting the weight across your body toward the raised right leg. Crunch up for 2 counts then come down, stacking your left leg back on top of the right. Do 8 to 12 crunches . This move tones your abs

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stack them in front of you. Now, extend your left leg and crunch up, lifting the weight across your body toward the raised left leg. Crunch up for 2 counts. Then come down, stacking your left leg back on top of the right. Do 8 to 12 crunches . Then

your knees in front of you. Now extend your right leg and crunch up, lifting the weight across your body toward the raised right leg. Crunch up for 2 counts. Then come down, stacking your left leg back on top of the right.

Side Crunch

This move targets your obliques, lower back, glutes, and thighs. Do two sets of 6 to 8 reps on each side.

The Side Crunch : Kneel on the floor and lean all the way over to your right side, placing your right palm on the floor. Keeping

8 reps and then switch sides to do the same. The Side Crunch targets your obliques, which are the abdominal muscles that run down your side. It also works your lower back, glutes, and thighs.

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