Fitness

One Month to a Flatter Belly

Getting rid of your pooch doesn't have to be grueling. Try these surprisingly easy nutrition tips and ab workouts for women to get a gorgeous-looking midsection in time for bikini season

by Kristen Oldham Giordani

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Wouldn't it be great if the hundreds of gimmicky ab workouts for women like the Ab Rocket and Belly Burner actually did what they claim? That we could get the flawless tummies we see in infomercials without having to do much of anything? Now that would be heaven on earth.

Well, there's good news: "You don't have to do 500 crunches in order to get a great-looking stomach," says celebrity fitness and lifestyle expert Ashley Conrad. But the bad news is there really is no magic ab trick, she says.

See the ab workout that'll get you a flatter belly in 30 days.

Nutrition and cardio are still the king and queen of the perfect-ab kingdom. You must reduce fat around your midsection and do various ab workouts for women in order to have nice-looking tummy. So if that's the case, how many hours must we spend chained to the treadmill in order to get abs we're proud to flaunt in a bikini? And isn't there anything else we can do to speed up the process?

Read on for the answers. This easy-to-follow belly-flattening program created by Conrad will put you on the path to better abs without making you a slave to the gym. Simply implement this cardio and muscle-strengthening routine along with the key nutrition tips and within days you'll start to notice a difference. After a few weeks you'll actually see true transformation. Keep reading to get started �

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by EricaC123 Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 06:43AM Report as inappropriate

really good plan. love how it addressed strength training, cardio, and diet!

by sportimonki13 Monday, December 31, 2012 at 12:01AM Report as inappropriate

Great tips

by NillaButterfly Monday, December 24, 2012 at 09:01PM Report as inappropriate

This article had some really good tips, staying on a "healthy" diet is my biggest challenge :(

by MizzPink Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 07:22AM Report as inappropriate

I like the tip on eating five small meals a day. That will definitely keep me from overeating after each workout.

by Omi Monday, November 5, 2012 at 10:32AM Report as inappropriate

I do jog but not everyday. I would like to find different foods to eat and try to loose my tummy for next year!

by Omi Monday, November 5, 2012 at 10:25AM Report as inappropriate

I will give this a try. I really need to lose my belly fat

by gift_ele Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 11:54AM Report as inappropriate

I am going to take this 30 challenge! Cardio, here i come!

by danny54f Friday, October 12, 2012 at 08:18AM Report as inappropriate

While I do like this article, I think just about every article like this that I read say basically the same thing. My problem with exercise is that I can never motivate myself. I think an article on that would help us out :)

by KMal Friday, September 28, 2012 at 09:06AM Report as inappropriate

Every time I read one of these articles, I think there's something magical waiting for me - but I guess the universe is intent on telling me that maybe I just need to work on what I already know.

by schien Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 04:10PM Report as inappropriate