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The misconception among the masses is that the more crunches you do, the more crunches you do, the more you exercise your abdominal muscles, the faster you will flatten your stomach.

That may show some lackluster results in the short term, but flattening your stomach is all about removing total fat from your body. It’s well known that you can be a skinny, skinny person and still have guts.

Because? Because your gut is the last place you’ll lose fat, the other parts of your body will lose fat first. This is how the human body works.

You can do exercises to flatten your belly forever. By doing that, what you’re doing is building your abdominal muscles and creating definition, that nice ripped look that we all want. However, guess what? Those beautiful abs are covered by a layer of fat on your belly, so you can work out all you want, but until you get rid of that fat, you will never be able to see the definition in your abdomen.

In fact, by continually working out, you add lean muscle to your abs, which is a good thing. The dilemma is that if you don’t get proper cardio and follow a proper diet plan, you can end up making your midsection look bigger because you’ve built all that big, defined muscle underneath, and have a layer of fat covering it at the same time.

Body fat levels are everything when it comes to flattening your stomach and getting big, ripped, shapely abs.

Men can expect their abs to start showing when they reach a body fat level of 10-13%. However, if you want your abs to be defined like those guys in the fitness magazines, you should strive to hit at least the high single digits in body fat levels.

Women can expect their abs to start showing when their body fat levels reach around 15%. Go just a couple of digits below that and you can start getting that amazing ripped look to your abs.

Achieving and maintaining a ripped look for women is a bit more difficult than it is for men. It is not as easy for a woman’s body to maintain low fat levels as it is for a man’s body. She always consults with her doctor and a professional fitness trainer before attempting to reduce her body fat levels.

So, should we completely rule out crunches and crunches when doing exercises to flatten the stomach? Absolutely not. These exercises can definitely contribute to building a flatter stomach and the overall appearance of your torso, but they won’t accomplish that goal on their own.

Doing more crunches and crunches to achieve a flat stomach is not necessarily better than doing less. It’s more about technique and how you exercise your abdominal muscles when you do these exercises.

It’s not just about how many crunches you can do. It’s all about creating a balance between doing stomach-flattening exercises and following a smart diet plan to help you get the most out of those workouts.