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Dig out those hipsters because we have 2 great tummy exercise ideas
to show you. Each exercises described here can be done on the floor at home,
so there can be no excuses about not having enough time to go to the gym
etc. Because it just won't wash.
The crunch is a simple exercise to perform. In fact the crunch is usually
the main stomach exercise of every athlete, model and sex goddess.
- Lie on your back.
- Place your feet on the floor as close to your bottom as possible
and place your knees together.
- Rest your hands across you chest and relax the neck.
- Slowly raise your shoulders off the floor by contracting only the
abdominal muscles.
- Don't come up too high - your lower back should always remain on
the floor.
- Hold that position for a count of 1 and breath out forcefully.
- Slowly relax the stomach muscles and allow your shoulders to return
to the floor.
- Repeat 10 - 12 times, rest for 60 seconds then repeat.
Tip - If you find your neck starts to strain try this. Focus your
vision on one point on the ceiling and maintain this throughout the exercise
- this should stop your head nodding during the performance.
And no, it's not your last boyfriend!
The crunch is the single best exercise for toning the abdominal wall. However
there is a tendency to find that it doesn't flatten the stomach as much
as we'd like.
To do that you must perform the plank, as well as the crunch.
- Lie flat on your stomach
- Place your hands at either side of your chest - as if ready to perform
a press up - although your should tuck your elbows into your sides.
- Keeping your back perfectly flat, push yourself up onto your knees
- so that your upper body is off the floor, with your hands and knees acting
as support.
- Keeping your back flat, pull in your tummy button as high as possible
- as if to suck it in close to the spine.
- Aim to maintain a normal breathing pattern and hold this position
for 10 - 60 seconds.
- Rest, lie flat then repeat twice.
Additional information
For
more ideas AND demonstrations visit your Interactive trainer
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