Abs Exercises
You do not have to spend a lot of money in buying various
sophisticated exercise equipments. Many people have found out that the
effects of abdominal exercises and workouts can be achieved without
visiting a gym. Generally all that is needed is a flat level floor to
get you started. These abdominal exercises are meant to keep ones body
physically fit and there by building muscles all over the body. The abs
workouts and exercises do not merely focus on building abs rather these
exercises are there to place your body in shape and stay healthy through
out your entire life. Medical experts have found out that these workouts
help to keep ones body healthy due to the fact that during the abs
workout and exercise a lot of fat is burned.
There are different exercises for your ab workouts you should
consider and these are crunches, cable crunches, knee ups, knee raises.
The Crunches Exercise
With this exercise you have to lie down on a flat level floor and
then you bend your knees whilst making sure that your feet are parallel
or level to the floor. Your hands should be curled behind your head and
slightly move your shoulders off the floor and hence compressing your
abdominal muscles with each lift. During the process you should make
sure that you do not pull you neck straight upwards it should be a
general smooth flowing motion.
Bring your shoulders off the floor and hold on to that positions for
about 2 seconds then eventually release slowly your shoulders back to
the floor. Make sure your shoulders become completely relaxed before
your commence the next repetition. You should do at least a set of 30
repetitions whilst taking a few seconds rest between the sets.
The Cable Crunches Exercise
All you have to do is make a double rope attached to the cable
machine and you have to place your knees right on the floor. Get hold of
the ropes with both hands and then you lock them within the side of your
head. Move your elbows slightly to your knees whilst moving slowly and
hold on to the contraction for a two to three count. Try out these
sessions repeatedly for at least 30 -25 sessions.
The Knee Ups Exercise
You can do this exercise by making use of a bench. All you have to do
is to sit right at the edge of the bench and maintain a steady balance
by holding the sides of the bench with your hands. Your legs should be
on the floor and then you should lift them up from the floor right to
your chest whilst pulling them close to your chest slowly. The legs
should be together not separated and you should hold on to this position
for an approx of 2 -3 seconds and then repeat the sessions 25 times.
Knee Raises
You have to look for an overhead bar in order to perform this
exercise. Once you have got the overhead bar or you may have it
installed at your home, you have to hang on to the bar and make sure
that your legs are not touching the floor. Make sure you are not
swinging or rocking, and then you have to lift up your knees together
and slowly lift them towards your stomach. Compress the abs and
gradually release slowly your legs back to the straight positions.
Repeat this session at least 10 – 15 times.
There are other exercises you have to consider for optimum results
and these are some of the top effective exercises which are captain's
chair, exercise ball crunch, long arm crunch, bicycle exercise, vertical
leg crunch full vertical crunch, , reverse crunch, ab rocker, torso
track, plank on elbows and toes.
All these exercises mentioned above will give you the best results
within a short period of time. Why not give it a try today! |
