Okay here is what i discovered. I am into bodybuilding these days and a buddy
of mine showed me one exercise that made my stomach muscles rock solid.
You take the position of push ups but instead of that you put your elbows and
you just rest. You dont go up or down. You just rest on your elbows. Try to hang on for at least 1 minute. Breath normally. Now , i took this on the next level.
I rest on my elbows and when i breath in i make sure my belly expands , and then at this stage i start hissing the air out. Its pure hell. To maximise results when you hiss the air tighten the stomach even more , because at this point the muscles will probably be burning and shaking. I do it 5 times in a day. Its very very very helpful. When i practice i can feel that new power. Well i hope i helped some of you. - Val , Macedonia.

That's the plank, quite a good exercise, interesting that it can work while hissing the air out. You should try the dish, as well, and see if doing the same on that would help. To do that, lie down with your legs straight and your arms crossed over your chest. Raise your legs and your back just off the ground and hold that position as long as possible. Here comes that hard part: breathing normally, which is crucial for the exercise to work, is quite hard, so trying to hiss will probably hell, especially the first few times!

if you want to really strengthen the midsection get into V sits, L sits, and other gymnastic movements like that!

Got to do those and more when I was training for the university climbing team. Having a stronger core did actually make quite a bit of a difference in singing and also made me have a much better posture.

That is perhaps the best exercise there is for developing your core muscles. It is great for your back and stomach muscles. My younger brother turned me onto them. I've been living on Tuna for the last week since I've started cutting,and I just started doing them myself. back in the 90's I was doing hundreds of crunches every day. I was obsessed with them. and it is funny, within the last week, I can already see the upper portion of the 6-pack showing up. I thought I had lost it, but nope it is still there, just covered in fat from eating like a horse and sitting on my duff.



Tim