For women, losing the fat around your midsection can be both the battle and the war.

Achieving a flat belly can be challenging. Between balancing work, a healthy diet, and exercise, it can be hard to get rid of stubborn belly fat. However, it's not impossible; and luckily for you, with the exercises below, we're settling your battle in searching for the top ab routines, to ensure you win the war for your best summer body.

Click through the slideshow below to check out the top ten exercises to get a flatter stomach, just in time to show it off on the beach.

*For each workout, choose a combination of at least eight different ab exercises targeting various muscle groups. Complete 8-12 repetitions, and 2-3 sets.

10. Russian Twist

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Imagine an exercise that requires that you move quickly while sitting on the floor, with your knees bent and elevated, while moving side-to-side. Sounds impossible, right? Well, it won't be for you. Not with practice, at least.

Here's how it's done:

Sitting on the floor, knees slightly bent, heels on the floor. Lean back slightly to engage your abs and rotate to the left, touching your fingertips to the floor. Rotate to the right, again touching fingertips to the floor, quickly alternating back and forth. Once you have the exercise down, make it more challenging by lifting your feet off the floor. Once that becomes easy, amp it up and add a medicine ball in the mix.

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