abs exercises for men at home
Abs Exercises For Men At Home
For all those men who dream of a six pack abs, here are some simple yet effective exercises, which will help them get a perfect body.
- To do this exercise, lie down on your back (on the floor).
- Next, raise your knees and keep the feet flat on the ground, slightly away from the buttocks.
- This is the standard position to be in, while performing almost all the abdominal exercises.
- Now, keep your hands behind your head and your elbows out.
- Slowly, raise your upper body by putting pressure on your abdominal muscles.
- See to it that you do not use your shoulders for lifting the upper body.
- Lift your body towards the knees as much as you can, and then, come back to the floor.
- Repeat the same exercise twelve times.
- Later, as your strength improves, increase it to three sets of twelve repetitions each.
- To perform this exercise, lie down on your back.
- Next, raise your knees and bring them near your chest.
- Keep the hands behind the head for support and the elbows out.
- Now, raise your upper body off the floor and at the same time, extend your right leg straight, keeping it six inches off the floor and almost parallel to it.
- Meanwhile, turn your upper body in such a way that your right elbow touches your left knee.
- Remember, all these three actions of raising the upper body, extending one leg, and joining the opposite elbow and knee should be performed simultaneously.
- Without taking a break, perform the same exercise by extending the left leg, and touching the left elbow with the right knee.
- Continue this exercise by altering the legs at least twelve times.
- Aim for three sets of twelve repetitions.
- To do this exercise, lie down on your back.
- Raise your knees off the floor, and keep the thighs perpendicular to the ground.
- Cross both your feet and raise them towards the ceiling, by lifting your buttocks slightly off the ground.
- Remember when you perform this exercise, the position of your upper body and thighs should not change.
- Perform twelve repetitions initially, and later increase them to three sets of twelve repetitions each.
- Lie down on your back.
- Keep the hands behind the head, with the elbows out.
- Now, raise your shoulders, head and feet simultaneously, about two inches off the floor.
- In the same position, raise your upper body.
- At the same time, bend your knees so that the thighs are somewhat perpendicular to the ground.
- If you are doing this exercise right, your upper body and thighs should meet when the body is raised.
- Hold this position for about five seconds, and then, come back to the original position.
- Aim for three sets of twelve repetitions.
- Lie down on your back.
- Keep the hands underneath the hips for support.
- Now, keeping both your legs straight, raise them till they become perpendicular to the ground.
- Your feet should be facing the ceiling.
- Now slowly bring them back towards the ground, stopping just two to three inches above the floor.
- Next, raise the legs again, followed by bringing them down.
- Do twelve repetitions of this exercise in quick succession.
- Aim for three sets of twelve repetitions each.