Thursday, April 25, 2013

Three Careful Abdominal Exercise Tips!

We all would love to have the amazing six pack abs that we always see on television. When someone decides that they are going to try to achieve this look they naturally come up with sit ups and crunches as the proper methods and they would be half right.

In all honesty it does not really mean very much even if you do have strong abs and they are still hidden underneath layers of fat, because no one will be able to notice them anyway. The best way to get rid of the fatty layers is to do exercises that will help define the abdominal muscles by increasing your heart rate and burning more calories. If you find that you a bit to over weight, do not get discouraged there are different exercises that you can still do.

You have to realize first that the Rectus Abdominis is basically your six pack and is connected to the Transverse Abdominus as well as your Internal and External Obliques. So you can see it will take quite a bit of exercise to try and get that washboard look, you will need to do several different exercises and along with a proper diet. Besides looking great, having strong abdominal muscles will help support your back and eliminate injuries.

If you feel that you are just to overweight to accomplish a lot of these type of exercises do not be discouraged, there are many that you will be able to do from a standing position when first starting out. When your abdominal muscles start to become stronger you will be able to move onto slightly advanced exercises.

Following are just some of the abdominal exercises you can do from a stand up position:

Tip # 1.

Start out by separating your feet out to your shoulders and lifting your arms straight in the air, gently lower your arms and at the same time lift up one your knees. Keep both your leg and arms at a ninety degree angle, now put that leg back down and lift your arms back up, switch from one leg to the other and repeat for a fifteen minute time period.

Tip # 2.

Here you start out the same way with your feet separated out to your shoulders, use just one leg and take a step forward and slightly lift that leg up off the ground. Now with the foot that is still on the ground gently start to circle around while keeping your leg straight. Try to do this about twenty five times in each direction on one leg and then switch over to the other one.

Tip # 3.

Again you want to have your feet separated out to your shoulders and with a hand held weight, one that is not to heavy for you lean to your right side with your legs in the straight position. This will help with your oblique muscles, that is the muscles on the side of your abs so do this twenty five times on each side or what ever you can manage.

Remember that learning any exercise technique by reading about it may not seem very simple, but you have to start somewhere and then you will build confidence as you go.

This just shows that even if you are obese or overweight there are a lot of different exercises for you to do to get those abs in shape.

I strongly advise you to consult your physician before starting any exercise routine or diet. Also it would be a great idea for you to include the services of a personal trainer, at least in the beginning stages just so you know that you are doing things properly.

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J.Herron

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