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Let’s set one thing straight: exercising only your abs won’t rid you of your “love handles”. You will need a combined aerobic and abs strength routine to do that, in addition to nutritional diet. This is discussed in Building Abs Fast. Treat your abdominal muscles like your biceps, don’t overdo the reps, but concentrate on strengthening the abs and do regular high-intensity aerobic exercises.

There is a common misconception that there are upper and lower abs muscles. But the rectus abdominis is actually one large muscle. You can, however, choose exercises that mostly train the upper or lower area of the one muscle. For example, this crunch - abs on incline bench - work your upper abs at 90 to 100 per cent, while pelvic lifts work them at only about 30 percent. If targeting the lower abs, however, those figures are approximately reversed.

Proper form of Doing Abs on Slant Board:

1. Hook your feet under the pad and sit on the slant bench with your torso upright.

2. Lower your torso backward until it is almost parallel to the floor. This would mean about 3/4 down; don’t go full down lying on the incline bench.

3. Return to the upright position by bending at the waist. Concentrate to target on your abs muscles.

Bodybuilder Frank Sepe demonstrates in workout video how to properly do Abs on the slant board.