Ab overhaul Pt 1: Five best lower ab exercises

Cardio and diet play a role in every successful bid to secure a six pack, but having the right ab exercises is also key. Here’s how to blast those stubborn lower abs.

By Robert Carry

The route to securing that much sought after six pack may mean changing your diet, boosting your cardio and generally overhauling your entire life, but ab exercises do have a role to play.

Anything above a one pack is difficult to come by, but it’s that bottom two which are consistently unobtainable. So, we’ve tracked down and compiled five of the best exercises for stripping away the remnants of your spare tyre to reveal your lower abs.

Be sure to check back - over the coming weeks we will also be highlighting how to work your upper abs, your core and your obliques before looking at the best all-rounder ab exercises.

The full leg raise, as demonstrated by this implausibly attractive blonde with a terrifyingly fit body:

The scissors – as demonstrated by a more moderately attractive computerised woman.

The reverse crunch – one that slots firmly into the harder than it looks category:

Seated leg raise. The man in this clip makes great use of his mother’s furniture. One of the best lower ab exercises out there all the same:

The hanging leg raise (or half leg raise). This is one for those among us who can’t get the full leg raise going. If it’s a tad too easy, you can hold a weight between your knees. The chit-chat finishes up and the demonstration begins at the 1.00 mark: