There is a couple of different reasons why a person exercises.
Could be for the energy they get from it, or just to stay toned.
But most of the people who exercise want to slim down and lose some weight.
Those that do want to lose the weight are mainly wanting to lose it in the mid- section, or ab area.
For those that are overweight, some ab exercises are not easy to do.
Not all exercises can be done by overweight people.
Some of the exercises can cause physical injury to those that are not in the best of shape.
Overweight people need to find the type of exercise that they can do now without injury, then as they slim down they can get to the more advanced exercises.
For those overweight, it would be best to start at a beginners level.
Start with some ab exercises that are easy for now, and as you build up confidence and strengthen your abs, you can go to more advanced ab exercises without the risk of injury.
Those overweight need to start with something simple.
Start with an ab exercise that is easy to do.
Like the bent knee crunch.
Lay flat on your back, legs can be placed on an exercise ball or even a chair.
With knees bent your calves should be placed on the ball or chair, hands placed on your stomach.
Placing them behind your neck can cause an injury.
Now slowly roll your shoulders toward your knees, keeping your back flat on the floor.
You only want to get your shoulder blades off the ground, then return to the starting position.
Try to do this 10 times.
If you can do 10 then that is considered a set.
When you can do a set fairly easy, then try to do another set.
Set your goal at 3 sets of 10, when you can do that and feel that you need to move on then set your goal to 5 sets of 15.
Once you get to where that is easy, then you can add other ab exercises to help slim down that mid-section.
Just remember to start easy and slow so that you don't cause an injury.
Once you find yourself doing the bent knee crunches fairly easy, you can add a little more to that exercise by adding a little twist.
As you raise take your left hand and reach for your right knee, then back to start and reach your right hand to your left knee.
By adding that to your ab workout, you will be working your obliques.
It's an easy exercise to do and helps to strengthen your mid-section.
Another ab exercise that can be done by those overweight is the bicycle.
Again lay on your back, arms to your sides, bend your legs and raise your feet.
Now just like you would on a bicycle, pedal.
Raise your knee toward your chest then back down, as your knee gets back to start, take your other knee and raise it to your chest and back down.
That will be 1.
Then start all over again.
Do 3 sets of 10 and progress to 5 sets of 15 as they get easier to do.
You want to rest between each set for no more than a minute.
When you decide to start doing these exercises, you may want to schedule them 3 times a week.
Later, as you get better with these exercises, you can do them every day.
Incorporate some cardiovascular exercises, like walking for 30 minutes, and you will be able to do more advanced ab exercises to slim down that mid-section.