Easy stomach exercise can also help you get a flat stomach, a nice six-pack even if you diet properly and do your cardio regularly. You can still get a nice six-pack without all those complicated abdominal exercises and complex abs gadgets.
Long before all these complicated abdominal exercises and gadgets were created, body builders and fitness individuals do one single abdominal exercise to get a flat stomach and this particular exercise have stand through time because since the creation till now, many people still practice it. This easy stomach exercise is called the abdominal crunch.
Basically, to work the abdominal muscles, you need to bring the rib cage towards your knee or bringing your knee towards your rib cage by squeezing the abs. The abdominal crunch does just that. What is even great about this exercise is that it does no require any complex equipment or bar, you can perform this easy stomach exercise on the floor or a bench.
Easy Stomach Exercise: Execution
Lay flat on the back position on the floor. Fold the arms back with fingertips behind ears. Keep feet flat on floor with knees bent to form 90-degree angle. In one motion leading with the chest, curl upper body up and forward as far as possible, with lower back maintaining contact with the floor. Keep chin tucked in and do not pull the head up with your hands, just maintain neutral head position. Pause, return, repeat.
You can make it harder by lifting your legs off the floor. This way, the lower abdominals are worked because they have to contract to keep the feet of the floor and to keep the lower body stabilized.
Do three sets of fifty reps. Take two minutes rest between sets. Make sure you squeeze at least one second at the top and return to position slowly, about two seconds. You can perform these abdominal crunches every alternate day.
Abdominal Crunches
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Abdominal Crunches With Legs Up
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Even though you do these abdominal crunches regularly, your six-pack would not show if you eat like a hog and never do any cardio workout. You have to get on a weight loss diet and do your cardio workout regularly. Cut off all snacks, junk food, fattening food, simple sugar foods and refine carbs. Eat regular small meals and concentrate on low GI carbohydrates and low fat protein like poultry and fish. Do your cardio religiously at least 3 sessions a week and at least for thirty to 40 minutes per session.
Start doing those easy stomach exercises today, get on a weight loss diet, do your cardio and some weights. You will have that washboard abs in no time!
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