If you are looking to tone up your body or lose weight around your torso, then naturally adding stomach exercises should be part of your routine.There is a need to fit into a certain size clothes, losing belly fat after having a baby, or just plain looking and feeling good. How do you do that?  Take a look at the following exercises.

Get on all fours, with your knees and hands on the floor. Keeping your stomach pulled in towards your spine, extend your left arm in front of you. Now, while keeping your left arm stretched out, extend your right leg behind you. Switch hands and legs and repeat the entire set. When doing this, keep in mind not to let your pelvis sway. Keep it in position. Simple isn’t it?

Stand up straight, hold your tummy in, pulling your belly button towards your spine. Hold for 3 to 5 seconds. Release and repeat. Do 10 to 15 times. When you are doing this exercise make sure you breath normally. Try this exercise throughout the day. It works your transversus abdominis muscles. These are the deepest abdominal muscles which are important because they act like a girdle around your middle. You can build up the time you do this exercise for. Some people even train themselves to hold in their stomach for the whole day. While holding in your tummy you have a flatter stomach instantly and are working your muscles at the same time.

Lie on your back. You can use a towel or a mat to cushion your spine. Now bend your knees so that your feet are flat on the floor and put your arms by your sides. Squeeze your butt and lift your pelvis off the floor, making sure that the rest of your body stays in line. Try to raise your pelvis to a 45-degree angle, so that your upper body is a straight line from your head to your knees. Hold this position for about five seconds. Now slowly lower yourself back to the floor. Repeat for an entire set.

Doing crunches on an exercise ball will specifically target your abdominal muscles, while doing them on the floor strengthens mostly hip muscle. Just the act of balancing on the ball alone will help tone abdominal muscles.

Do aerobic exercises daily at 30 minutes minimum and include 1-2 days of rest break each week. Anything that brings your heart rate up. Take up dancing, running, tae-bo, swimming,cycling and walking at a good pace.