Excercises are one thing, but PROPER exercises is a completely different thing. There is a big difference between the two. Some exercises can actually be horrible for losing weight.

If you want flat abs, then here are the 7 exercises you want to make sure to avoid:

1. Lying straight-legged leg raises (first 45 degrees off of floor, one leg at a time or both at the same time) 2. Hanging leg raises with an arched back 3. Sit-ups with the feet supported 4. Straight legged sit-ups 5. ANY machine-based ab exercise 6. ANY machine-based twisting exercise 7. Torso twists

Remember that the point here is to BURN the belly fat and DEVELOP the abdominal muscles. You aren’t working on your arms, your legs or your neck. Exercises need to target the abs and the supporting areas of your body, like your core.

Let’s talk about these bad exercises that you should avoid if your goal is to develop really great abs.

1. Lying straight-legged leg raises: An excellent exercise — but NOT for your abs. The lying straight-legged leg raises are great for exercising the LOWER abdomen… but not the classic six-pack abs are. Sure, any exercise is a better than no exercise, but you’re wasting your workout time on lying straight-legged leg raises if your goal is to develop your abs.

2. Leg raises with an arched back: Hanging leg raises with an arched back is not only bad for your abs it’s actually a bad exercise overall.

3. Sit-ups with the feet supported: Sit-ups with no support under your legs are a great exercise, however, the minute you put support below your feet, it kills the entire sit-up exercise.

4. Straight legged sit ups: Doing sit-ups with your legs straight is a great exercise for your back, but that’s it, it won’t work your abdomen at all.

5. Any machine based ab exercise: Bottomline, no machine can build your abs, there is only one way to earn abs, the hard way.

6. Any machine based twisting exercise: The only thing that twisting will do is help you with is reducing the size of your waist-line, which is important too, but it won’t help you get a six-pack ab.

7. Torso Twists:Twisting will not work the abs or help burn belly fat.

Make your exercise session time work FOR you. If you goal is to burn off that sagging stomach and build your abs, squeeze the most advantage out of every minute of your exercise program.

Doing exercises that are not designed to develop your abs is simply a waste of your time and energy, plain and simple.