There are numerous exercises and workouts you can do to strengthen and tone your abdominal muscles. Using resistance bands to work your abs is very effective due to the resistance provided by an elastic tube. Crunches have been a great and simple workout to develop your midsection. However, you can perform two variations of the basic crunch using resistance bands. 

You can do either sitted or kneeled crunches. Most people at the gym use cables to perform these workouts. However, all you need is a cheap resistance band set. For example, B.M.P. (Black Mountain Products) makes an affordable set for $26.99 and some of the highest quality resistance bands. These five different resistance levels are great for varying the difficulty of your ab workout and shocking your abs to new growth!

Here's how you perform the sitted ab crunch:

1) Place the door anchor at the top of the door and get your band inside it.

2) Grab the handles of the band, one in each hand. Putting your back to the door and sitting on a chair, hold the handles against your chest.  

3) Crunch by leaning forward by strictly using just your abs. Do NOT use your arms to press down because then you are defeating the purpose of isolating your abdominal muscles. 

4) Slowly get back to starting position.

To perform this exercise in a kneeling position, do the same type of movement as if you were sitting. However, since your kneeling with your knees to the floor, bring your forehead to the floor and you should feel your abs contracting during the movement.

Those are great variations to the basic crunch, and if done consistently, you will see amazing results and a shredded midsection!

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