Flatten your tummy, trim your waist, and strengthen your back!

Midsection

Your Targeted Exercises

Here's just a few of the exercises designed to zap your fat zones. As a member, you'll get new routines each day, making it easy to get in shape!

Saw (With Ball)

A: Sit on the ball with your legs extended in a wide angle. Extend your arms out to your sides and press your heels into the floor for support. Inhale and lengthen your spine, reaching your head upward as you grow taller. Pull in your navel and engage your abs.

B: Exhale as you twist your torso, "sawing" your right pinkie finger past your left pinkie toe. Inhale as you return to the starting position. Exhale as you repeat on the other side. Keep your abdominal muscles active and your spine extended throughout the movement.

Photographs by Hilmar Meyer-Bosse

Traditional Crunch (With Ball)

A: Sit on the ball with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Walk your feet forward as you roll your torso down the ball, only until your hips start to clear the ball and the very bottom of your lower back presses into it. Cross your arms over your chest or place your hands behind your head. Now, here's where you really need to focus on your posture. Lie back on the ball so that your upper body is almost parallel with the floor. Then tuck your tailbone in and lift your hips toward the ceiling. You should already feel your lower tummy and buttocks firming in this position — and you haven't yet performed a single crunch!

B: Exhale as you lift your torso, pull your navel in, and contract your abdomen. Imagine that you are curling the bottom of your rib cage and your pelvic bone toward each other, creating a firm arc with your lower body. Keep your chin up, as if you were holding an orange between your chin and neck. Inhale as you return to the starting position, lying all the way back on the ball.