It takes six months to get your body bikini-ready for summer. But there's one thing few women look forward to: doing a million boring crunches to get a taut tummy.
Designed by celebrity trainer Sue Fleming, who helped Katie Holmes get back into pre-Suri shape and author of
Fashionably Buff (Villard Books), these waist-whittling exercises target all areas of the abdominals – upper, lower, and obliques. 'Aim for training your abdominals three to four times per week,' says Fleming. 'Do three sets of 10 to 12 repetitions on each side.'
Even though this routine will help tighten your stomach muscles, you'll also have to burn calories to reveal them. There's a top layer of fat that conveniently resides right over your abdominals, shielding them from the light of day. 'A regular cardio routine as well as a healthy diet is necessary in order to peel away that top layer of fat,' says Fleming.
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