Three
Abdomen Exercises That Tightens Those Muscles.
1. Standing Stabilizer:
The core muscles are forced to keep the body balanced
as your center of weight shifts.
* Place
your hands on your hips and stand with your feet
parallel. Keep them hip-width apart. Raise your
right knee in front, as you inhale. Stop raising
at the hip level. Pull your belly button in and
hold the posture. Take the support of a chair or
wall to keep the balance.
* Keeping your abdomen tight, extend
your leg till it's straight. With your toe make
a quarter-circle and bring your leg out to the side.
Lower and repeat at least 10 times. Do two to three
sets with each leg.
2 .Leg Rising
: Our legs and hips are heavier than
our upper body. Thus they are much harder to lift,
which makes this move is more challenging than a
crunch.
* Lie down on back, keep your hands
at sides, hold out the legs in the air. They should
be straight out from the hips.
* Exhale and pull your belly button
in, towards your spine. Contract the abdomen and
push your feet to the ceiling. Tilt your hips slightly
forward and raise your feet a few inches. Hold,
as you lower your legs, inhale. Repeat 15 times.
Do two or more sets of 15 each. Remember, exhale
as you raise your legs and inhale as you lower.
3. Reverse Rotation:
This exercise works on the obliques
(muscles that cover our ribs and sides) and back
muscles. It is a variation of the elbow-knee crunch.
* Lie flat on your stomach. Place your hands under
your chin, with elbows out to the sides.
* Exhale as you raise chest a few
inches off the floor. Keep your abdomen muscles
tight. Rotate you chest to the right and hold. Go
back to centre and then rotate to the left and hold.
Inhale as you lower your chest. At least ten repetitions
should be done per set, with not less than three
sets for best results.
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