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"The Flat-Abs-Fast Secret\\nShhhh...it&amp;#39;s a stability ball. Try these six moves and you&amp;#39;ll have a tone tummy in no time.\\n__Your trainer:__ Bernie Zurella, a former World Kickboxing Association fighter and Army drill sergeant. He used that butt-kicking background to design these creative exercises for his wait-listed class Butt and Gutt (extra *t* because it's extra effective) at Gold's Gym in Long Branch, New Jersey. Now you get the exclusive.__You'll need:__ A stability ball. Dust 'er off!  \\n  \\n__Your plan:__ Combine these moves with this [stability ball butt workout](/fitness/workouts/2013/01/firm-your-butt-in-six-moves-slideshow) for one awesome workout three times a week. Or pick favorites (two or three, so you're constantly switching it up), and spend 5 minutes daily zeroing in on your trouble zones. Simple.  \\n  \\n__\\\\#sizematters__ Standard balls are 55, 65 and 75 centimeters. Sit on one. If your thighs are parallel to the floor, you've found your perfect fit.\\n__Works: obliques, inner thighs__  \\n  \\nLie faceup with ball between feet. Roll onto right hip and elbow, left hand flat on floor behind you. Squeeze ball and lift legs as high as you can (as shown). Hold for 1 count; return to start for 1 rep. Do 12 reps; switch sides.\\n__Works: abs__  \\n  \\nLie faceup, heels on top of ball, arms extended on floor above head. Engage abs and slowly roll up to touch fingertips to toes (as shown). Reverse movement for 1 rep. Do 12 reps.\\n__Works: abs, lower back__  \\n  \\nSit on ball and lean back with hands on floor behind you, palms down and turned out, legs extended. Bring right knee toward chest (as shown); return to start. Repeat with left knee for 1 rep. Do 12 reps.\\n__Works: abs__  \\n  \\nStart in a plank with forearms on ball, hands clasped. Pull right knee up to touch ball (as shown), then quickly return to start and repeat with left knee for 1 rep. Do 12 reps.\\n__Works: obliques, inner thighs__  \\n  \\nLie faceup with hands behind head, elbows out, ball between feet, legs extended above floor. Lift left shoulder and crunch right knee to left elbow (as shown). Return to start; repeat on opposite side for 1 rep. Do 12 reps.\\n__Works: obliques__  \\n  \\nLie faceup on ball, knees bent, arms extended above head. Crunch up as you pull an imaginary rope with right arm (as shown), then left arm. Continue until you're sitting. Reverse movement to return to start for 1 rep. Do 12 reps."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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