Sit up, crunches, and any abdominal work with help build and strengthen your stomach.
However, if you are not eating correctly, or if your bodyfat is too high, you won't see those abdominal muscles. What you would be doing is building the muscle underneath the fat that you have there, which, in turn will make your stomach look bigger.
I stand by my theory of not having to kill yourself with abdominal workouts because you may not realize that you use your core during so many other excercises, that if you keep your abs tight while you do them, you will be strengthening your ab muscles also.
Don't get me wrong, I do ab work, but I don't go crazy or freak out about them.
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