ab exercises at home
Ab Exercises at Home
When a person starts gaining weight, it first shows on their waist. Do you want to flaunt a toned waist with some attractive ab muscles? Read on to know about the ab exercises that you can do at home.
- If you are looking for easy exercises for abs, then this exercise is perfect, especially for women.
- Spread a mat on the floor and lie on the mat facing upwards.
- Lace your fingers behind your head and keep your ankles crossed.
- Keep your feet on the mat with your knees bent.
- Lift your torso towards your knee.
- Make sure every time you are lifting yourself up from your torso and not from your neck or shoulders. Ensure that you contract your ab muscles while lifting your torso.
- With each contraction it is important that you keep the chin off your chest.
- Perform at least 20 repetitions of this exercise.
- This workout greatly helps to build endurance and also helps to work out the back muscles.
- Lie down on a mat facing down.
- Rest your forearms flat onto the ground to maintain your balance.
- Start pushing away from the ground by raising you lower body from toes slowly, but keeping your elbows rested.
- For this exercise your back should remain flat and in a straight line, from your head to the heels.
- To avoid sticking your butt in the air, contract your abs and tilt your pelvis.
- Hold the above posture for 20 - 40 seconds, slowly lower your body and carry out 4 repetitions.
- Lie down on a mat facing upwards and lace your fingers behind your head.
- Bend your knees, bringing them near your chest.
- Now for performing this exercise, simultaneously straighten out the left leg when turning the upper body towards your right and bringing the left elbow towards the left knee.
- Return to starting position and repeat for the opposite side.
- This workout is a bit difficult, but after a little while you will be able to coordinate properly.
- Do 12 repetitions.