The phrase "abdominal exercise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to physical activities specifically targeting the abdominal muscles for strengthening or toning.
Example: "Incorporating an abdominal exercise into your routine can help improve core strength and stability."
Alternatives: "core workout" or "stomach exercise".
Case in point: Joey Gonzalez, the dance party's instructor, makes sure to include an abdominal exercise that requires a partner.
The Dodge Y.M.C.A. sponsors the class, which turns traditional Middle Eastern rhythms and movements into great abdominal exercise.
It is also a rare movie-star display of solidarity with those American men who, whether out of laziness or principle, disdain sunlight, proper nutrition, body-hair maintenance and abdominal exercise.
If that did not do the trick, she advised a quick abdominal exercise, sometimes called the Sarnoff Squeeze, that engaged an area around the midriff that she called "the vital triangle".
To describe the association of bodybuilding abdominal exercise with the development of superficial sclerosing thrombophlebitis of the anterolateral thoracoabdominal wall.
Finnoff JT, Smith J, Low PA, Dahm DL, Harrington SP. Acute hemodynamic effects of abdominal exercise with and without breath holding.
But other than some abdominal exercises, "everything we do is for the upper body".
Ten sessions of free abdominal exercises follow; Ms. de Marsac promises Ms. Pflug a "washboard tummy".
As a PGA Tour rookie in 1999, he had access to physical therapists and chiropractors, who stretched him out and and gave him abdominal exercises.
She does push-ups, pull-ups and dips for her upper body, and abdominal exercises, but does not work her legs.
Yet Clemens was sprinting along the track and doing abdominal exercises, working out maniacally within a few yards of his new teammates.
