What type of role will ab toning play in getting you a stomach that looks great and is all ripped and has a six pack?  Not as big of a role as you might expect.  In order to get ripped abs you should do some ab exercises, but they are really not all that important.  The most important factors are diet and exercise.  But isn’t ab toning an exercise?  Yes, but it is rather low intesnsity.  You need to do some sort of high intensity exercise, such as weight training, because it helps you build muscle which will burn fat