Few Ways in Which You Can Tighten Abs
Have you ever wondered if what you know about lose fat in
the abs is accurate? Consider the following paragraphs and
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fat in the abs.
Everybody wants a tight, firm midsection. You can tone your
abs and get rid of that pot belly but there is one vital point
you first need to understand.
You cannot spot reduce anywhere on your body. You can spot
tone your muscles in the area you are targeting, but you cannot
spot reduce.
Here's an example. Look at your belly in a relaxed mode.
Now suck in your stomach muscles.
Your pot belly is pretty much gone. Did you suddenly lose
weight in that area?
Of course not! The same thing happens when you begin to properly
exercise your ab muscles. The muscles become stronger and
pull in the unsightly girth. Your abs look tighter and you
look better, but unless you have actually lost weight overall,
you have not actually lost any fat in that area.
To lose fat in the abs, you must lose weight overall. To
make your abs look slimmer and sexier, you must build up the
ab muscles.
One of the best pieces of exercise equipment you can acquire
is an exercise ball, also called a swiss ball. Every time
you do exercises on this ball, your ab muscles come into play.
The abs are working to keep the ball steady and to keep you
from falling off.
You can easily do two of the following exercises on the ball
and boost the effectiveness.
1. The Bicycle
This has been proven to be one of the most effective ab exercises
you can do. You cannot do this one on the ball.
Lie on your back with your hands behind your head. Lift your
legs off the ground and raise your shoulders a couple inches
off the floor.
Do not pull your neck with your hands. Push your lower back
tight to the floor. Bring your left leg towards your chest
while rotating your right elbow to touch your left knee.
Don't strain. As you return to the starting position, begin
bringing your right knee in and rotate your left elbow to
touch your right knee.
Work up to twenty repetitions each leg. Do them slowly.
2. Crunch
You are probably familiar with this one. Lay on your back
with either your hands behind your head or on your chest.
Legs are in a V-shape with your feet flat on the floor.
Once again push your lower back tight to the floor. Begin
to raise your head and shoulders off the floor, tightening
your ab muscles. Do not pull on your neck. You are only raising
your shoulders a few inches off the ground.
At the top of the movement, hold for about one second, then
return and repeat. Work to twenty repetitions. This is excellent
on the exercise ball!
3. The Plank
Lie on your stomach. Feet are straight and close together.
Push off the floor, raising up on your toes and your elbows.
Keep your back straight and tighten your ab muscles. Hold
for thirty seconds. Return and repeat for three to five repetitions.
Again, this exercise is excellent on the exercise ball.
Do these three exercises at least five days a week and the
ab muscles will tighten up and you will look and feel great.
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Author: Eric Choong
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