Keep your lower back pushed into the floor or bench. Unless you are advanced, and have sufficient abdominal and lower back strength, do not perform exercises that encourage you to arch your back up. If you find in general that your back arches up keep your knees bent and closer to your body so that your lower back if pushing into the floor or bench.
Breathe out as you crunch up.
Train your lower abdominal first - as they usually are the most difficult and will tire you out faster. So to ensure you give them the workout they deserve - make them no 1 on your list of your ab workouts.
If you have your hands behind your neck when performing your ab exercises, make sure you keep your elbows back, and crunch up using your shoulders. If your elbows are pointed upwards then you will pull or drag on your neck which encourages neck soreness and pain.
Don’t over train your abs. Three quality training sessions per week is ample. Remember muscle needs recovery time to grow. It’s muscle growth that increases your muscle tone in your midsection. Make sure you have at least one to two full days rest from ab exercises before performing your next ab workout.
Don’t go overboard with performing loads of repetitions. Rather than trying to achieve 5 x 100 crunches per exercise. Hold, for a count of 2-5, each rep you perform using 4-5 x 12 burning sets and reps, this will get you better results by far!
Remember: Your goal should be to promote muscle growth for increased muscle tone.
Don’t just train your abs. You need to be perform a full-body program rather than just concentrating on your abdominal region. Focus on training each body part so that you can achieve a "toned and firm look" all over.
Note: Always perform a warm up before your workout, cool down after and then after your every stretches.
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