Work outs for abdomen and sides ??

nikklepickle_

What are some real good exercise tips for targeting your middle area ??

lorrpb

Targeting fat loss or strength improvement?

Cbean08

To strengthen my core-
Pilates mat and apparatus
pull ups
hanging leg lifts

To lose fat, which will eventually come off my core as well as the rest of my body because you can't target fat loss-
calorie deficit

TavistockToad

You can't spot reduce

Onyx_MCG

Planking and side planks. Also crunches and HIIT training

rheddmobile

It depends on what your goals are. For women with diastasis recti, stretches and vacuum exercises help. For core strength, my favorite abs specific exercise is a roll out using an ab roller - it's basically like a plank but dynamic. Compound lifts such as squats, deadlifts, and military presses also recruit the core.

AnvilHead

Onyx_MCG wrote: »

Planking and side planks. Also crunches and HIIT training

^ Ignore this. As has been said several times already, you can’t spot reduce.

RealWorldStrengthLLC

You can't spot reduce.
However- to build stuff to reveal:

Planks
Knee to elbows - held with elbows at 90 degrees on pull-up bar
Alternate knee to elbows
Squats
Deadlifts
Asymmetric farmers walks (great for obliques)
Oblique crunches
Unsupported Sit ups
Russian twists
Leg lifts
Weighted sit ups
Flutterkikicks (build a great Adonis belt)
Hanging leg raises
Toe to bars
Etc

Core workouts are practically endless. The above are all great.

estherdragonbat

I do a number of strength-training exercises on a stability ball, which adds/enhances a core-strengthening element to my workout. The exercises I do that are core-specific are waist-side crunches, dead bugs, deep-abs ball transfers, and planks with knee-bends.

None of the above will result in targeted fat loss. Agree with everyone else here telling you that can't be done. But anecdote?

I've had two bladder surgeries in the past year. After each one, I was able to sit up in bed on my own, unassisted, in the recovery room within moment of regaining consciousness. The nurse standing by told me I had "some really strong trunk muscles". They may still be hiding under belly fat, but that doesn't mean they aren't there!

JAYxMSxPES

For strength development, one of my favorite exercises is still the ab wheel. No matter how much volume I have with the compound lifts, the ab wheel just seems to work your obliques and abs in a way the compounds don't.