5 home exercises for a flat stomach (Gallery)

Lift and Twist Crunch This is a Pilates exercise and is excellent for trimming the waist and toning the tummy. Lie on your back on a yoga mat. Bring the hands behind the back of the neck, lift and twist the upper body to one side and bring your elbow towards the opposite knee. Inhale, lower back down. Exhale, lift and twist towards the other side, inhale return to starting position. Keep this movement going and you can start to speed it up a little bit once you get comfortable with the exercise. Then, start to extend one leg out as you go. Keep pulling the lower tummy muscles up and breathe deeply. To advance it further, you can start to tap the heel of the extended leg on to the floor. This will work the lower tummy muscles even more therefore giving support and strength to the lower back. Aim for doing it for 30 seconds in one go.The Plank Lie down on your tummy and then come on your palms and toes. Lift the knees off the floor. Draw your tummy muscles up and breathe deeply in to the side and back of the rib cage. Aim to hold the pose for 30 seconds.The Hundred Exercise This classic Pilates exercise defines the tummy muscles and promotes a strong and healthy back. Bring the legs in to a table top position, hip-width apart. Lift the arms up off the floor and lift the head, neck and chest upwards, being careful not to strain the neck but taking the strain to the tummy. Start to pulse the arms up and down. If you would like to advance the pose, extend the legs up towards the sky. Keep the tummy muscles taught and aim to continue for 50 seconds.Static Tiger Pose Place your hands and knees on the floor. This is the starting position. Now lift up one leg and extend the opposite arm. Hold this Static Tiger Pose for 3 deep breaths. Come back to the starting position and swap sides, extending arm and opposite leg. You can look down towards the mat to keep the spine in line. This exercise will build core strength.Sitting Spinal Twist Sit on the floor and cross your legs. Place one hand next to your hip and the other on the knee. Rotate the spine and look over one shoulder in to a Sitting Spinal Twist. Inhale. Exhale back to centre. Swap sides, rotating and looking over the shoulder. Inhale. Exhale back to centre. This pose will trim and define the waist.Get a flat tummy at home with these 5 exercises Want to shed the extra fat surrounding your belly but don’t know where to begin? You don’t have to enrol in expensive gyms, you can tone your tummy at home with these 5 simple and easy-to-do exercises. These are a combination of yoga and Pilates which will help you work on the abdominal area and tone it better. Do these regularly to see a flatter tummy.