| With regards to the diet, sorry but its a slow and | | | | abdominals to work harder. The basic crunch will |
| mind blowing process where you eat tasteless | | | | become a workout that works more than just |
| foods half the time and try to resist the tasteful | | | | your upper abdominals as a slight twist in your |
| ones. With regards to the exercises, there aren't | | | | arm or training to fast will throw you completely |
| many you have to do. Just five or six will do. 20 | | | | off balance. |
| reps each, 3 sets per exercise and your well on | | | | Reverse sit ups (lying on the bag and bringing |
| your way. But one way in which the muscle will | | | | your knees to your chest, and down again) are |
| be developed more quickly and so will surrounding | | | | the worst for me. My balance goes everywhere |
| muscles of the abdominals is by training whilst | | | | with this one. It takes time to learn the balance |
| lying on a heavy punch bag. | | | | required to train like this but it is extremely |
| Nearly every gym in the world has them so | | | | beneficial. Obviously you need a bag which is big |
| finding one shouldn't be a problem. The idea is, | | | | enough for you to lie on but as I said, a lot of |
| when you perform your exercises lying on the | | | | gyms have them, and if you train at a martial art |
| bag, because its round, you will have to balance | | | | school, it should definitely have one. |
| yourself to quite an extent so as it does not slide | | | | For grapplers, the balance you can pick up by |
| away from under you. By training this way you | | | | training on the bag like this is priceless. After a |
| will notice that it will be much harder to do your | | | | while, your groundwork will be much smoother, |
| exercises and you will be performing them much | | | | and you will be finding it easier to maneuver whilst |
| stricter so as you don't fall, forcing your | | | | lying on your back. |