Briana Evigan

Hip hop classes and ballet are what I've been keeping up with, and of course my usual abdominal workout, which consists of 500 sit-ups a session. Or I take a 30-minute abs class at my gym. But dance classes are a full-body cardio workout, which always brings me success and keeps me feeling great.

American Actress

Sylvester Stallone

Crunches are much more effective than regular sit-ups because they specifically target your upper abdominal muscles rather than your hip muscles. If you're not used to them, they can cause soreness a day or two later, but it's a 'cool' soreness. A badge of honor.

American Actor

Anna Kaiser

If you only focus on your abdominal wall, your back isn't going to be as strong, and so there's going to be an imbalance in your body. You want them to be strong together and work together, and not have one overcompensate.

American Businesswoman

Samantha Stosur

Core strength and stability is very important to me. Tennis is all about rotation of the body and my ability to create power. I incorporate a lot of abdominal, back and glute exercises into my gym sessions.

Australian Athlete

Denise Austin

Besides helping you to form a beautiful flat tummy, strong abdominal muscles will improve your balance and coordination as well as help you perform other types of exercise with greater ease.

American Author

Robin Quivers

I had a major surgery, a major abdominal surgery, and a mass was removed from my pelvic area, and I do have some more recovery to do. But everything seems to be fine.

American Celebrity

Mary Helen Bowers

For a ballerina, the center of balance is everything - creating a strong center of balance begins with building strong abdominal muscles.

American Dancer

Cyd Charisse

Archery is simply marvelous for firming up the arms, neck, back, the chest, and the abdominal muscles.

Terry Funk

I was supposed to be on the 'All In' show, but I can't because of a problem with my abdominal hernia.

American Wrestler

Patricio Freire

Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist

Used in healthcare settings to describe symptoms or procedures related to the stomach area.

Medical Context

Highlights specific discomfort in the stomach region, different from overall stomach issues.

Localized Pain

Often used to specify exercises that target the stomach muscles.

Physical Training

Refers specifically to exercises like crunches or sit-ups that work the abs.

Exercise Specific

Commonly used in gyms and workout classes; people might simply say 'abs' instead.

Fitness Jargon

Can imply a regular part of a daily fitness regimen, not just a single exercise.

Daily Workouts

 and patients without beds would be seated in chairs. That summer, we had a nurse who had been sick for a while. Sick enough to be admitted in our hospital. But our treatment didn't seem to be helping her; her symptoms were getting diarrhea, severe abdominal pain, fever and weakness.

For survivors of Ebola,...

 Having observed abdominal inflammation in patients who go on to develop the fever, he claims this inflammation is the cause of childbed fever. Much of the medical establishment supports his theory. Oh, come on! They really leave me no choice but to teach them some skepticism.

Can you outsmart the...

 between how hard I try and the length of my life. In the last three years, I've experienced more pain and trauma than I ever thought I could survive. I realized the other day that I've had so many abdominal surgeries that I'm on my fifth belly button,

"Everything happens for...

 they fight it's not fighting around bow is busy enjoying some leaves of the red bush willow I wonder if he knows if you make a lovely decoction out of them they can serve and to help any abdominal pain giraffe girl yes we got another giraffe for you

Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...

 people say that I don't have the courage to do it I have and I will do it the men face the prospect of getting stung even before the ritual starts when they head off to capture the ants a stab from this predators abdominal spear is 30 times

Could You Pass the...

 when they present to the emergency department complaining of severe abdominal pain? Even for extremely urgent conditions such as chest pain from a heart attack, women experience delays in life saving-interventions that can prevent death.

The Bias behind Your...

 or "abdominal cramps in early pregnancy." I know because I've done it -- and many times. And then, when the baby is born, they track every nap, every feed, every life event on different technologies. And all of these technologies

What tech companies know...

 about what fetuses learn while they're still in their mothers' bellies. First of all, they learn the sound of their mothers' voices. Because sounds from the outside world have to travel through the mother's abdominal tissue

Annie Murphy Paul: What...

 straight away it's worked and she's back on her feet did she stop breathing it was almost completely gone all the abdominal contents were pushing me to the lungs you know i've never seen that glass

Elephant's Life Saved By...

 from blood pressure to abdominal obesity to breast cancer to heart disease and even premature mortality. Strikingly, some of the effects are observed at a very young age.

Abdominal