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If you want six pack abs then you should not only eat healthy natural foods frequently but you should also exercise smart.

So do not focus on ab exercises only because these do not burn that much belly fat although they do target your abs directly.

Compound exercises that hit multiple muscle groups are more effective in losing belly fat because they burn loads of calories unlike simple ab exercises.

Although ab exercises like reverse crunches are great for doing after a workout that consists of compound movements.

Some great compound movements to have in your workout include squats, presses, rows, and chin ups.

Just make sure you do not only try to work your upper body. If you want to really lose fat and build muscle all over then doing squats and deadlifts or variations of them will really benefit you.

Try to keep an even balance on doing compound exercises. For instance a great workout would be doing an upper body exercise then a lower body and so on.

After 4-6 of these exercises you can finish off with an effective ab exercises like reverse crunches or swiss ball sit ups.

This way you burn most of your energy on the tougher exercises that require more work on your part. Not only that but compound exercises have great benefits.

You can start off just doing body weight exercises that help. Squats and push ups are great, just to name a few.

So there you have it. Ab exercises should come secondary when aiming to get six pack abs despite popular belief.