You have options to help you loose the inches and gain flat abs
. There are ways you can do stomach exercises flat abs without even leaving your house. Of course if you go to a gym the different options are available for you there as well. Just talk to a trainer and they can let you know what you can do there as well as what you can do at home.
Pilate's: Pilate's videos and tools can be found literally everywhere. They might not seem intense or like you are doing anything but in the long run you are. Without even realizing it you are using your core muscles to keep your centre of balance. It isn't high paced either and focused on the breathing so you don't forget to. There are balance balls, resistance bands, weights and many more things. Before you know it your abs will be tighter and inches will be gone.
There are many different videos to do as well from home. Ninety nine percent of the time they work well. You can purchase ones that only target one area or chose a video that does all the areas of the body. Again there are so many out there that it doesn't matter what ones you pick because they are all going to work no matter what.
Machines that you purchase online or on TV work well sometimes. It isn't for everyone though. You really need to think about making such a big purchase. Some are harder then they work and for the most part they don't work unfortunately. If you find that it isn't working for you just make sure that you can return it for a refund.
There are many exercises's that you can do just at home to help you gain flat abs. You can do crunches, bicycle curls, different leg lifts and there are so many more. A lot of the exercises's you can do free at home, you can find on the Internet. There are many different ones to choose from. So print off a few ones and see what ones you like and dislike and then try some new ones. The really nice thing about finding them online is that you can always trade up the exercises so you aren't doing the same thing everyday. That's a good thing because you can become bored of the same routine and want to change it up every now and again.
At the gym there are different machines available to help you with your abs. Just make sure that you have someone show you how to do it first. You don't want to hurt yourself. There are others like core boards. You have to stand on them and balance and catch a medicine ball. They work really well on those abs and so does other exercises you can use the medicine ball for. The best thing you can do is just ask a trainer and they would be happy to show you.