Outsmart Your Belly Fat

These three simple routines can tighten your abs and help define your waistline. Makeover over your abs, by doing these exercises three times a week.

• Rotating Sit-Ups

Lie down with knees bent and feet flat on floor. Put hands behind head. Lift head and shoulders off floor and twist torso to the left. Lower to starting position and lift again, this time twisting to the right. Repeat 20 times on each side for one set. Complete three sets.

• Side Crunch

Start in same position as exercise above; lower knees to the right side. With hands behind head, lift head and shoulders straight up off floor. Pause, then return them to the beginning position. Do two sets of 10 with knees to right side, then lower knees to left side and repeat for two more sets.

• Plank

Lie on stomach with elbows on floor under shoulders, forearms flat on ground. Engage core muscles by imagining you’re tightening a corset around your midsection. Keeping forearms on ground, slowly lift torso and thighs off floor; torso and legs are rigid. Start with a hold time of 30 seconds and increase it by 30 seconds each week until you can hold this position for 2 minutes without compromising your form.

Culled from Genevieve magazine