Make sure your elbows stay out, not closing in on your face.
With your elbows wide, try to bring the opposing knee and elbow together, and repeat on both sides. Lie with your back on the floor, hands behind the head and legs off the floor, bent. It is a relatively easy exercise that anyone can do regardless of ability. This exercise works the abdominal muscles and obliques. After holding for just a few seconds, lower your butt back to the floor.Īnother move to target the stomach area is bicycle crunches. At this point, you should be engaging your core, as if you were trying to suck in your belly button. Pushing through your heels, raise the glutes towards the ceiling, but not so far that you are creating an arch in the lower back. Start by lying on your back with legs bent and feet on the floor. The glute bridge largely targets your bum but helps work out your belly as well by engaging both your glutes and abdominal muscles at the same time, so as to keep your spine in a safe position. Lower the legs back down, but try to keep them off the floor (you can touch the floor to make the movement easier). Raise your legs straight into the air, and for an extra challenge, try to raise the hips off the floor. Lie on your back, hands on the sides of your body, or slightly under your butt. This exercise targets your ab muscles, especially the lower abdominal muscles. Leg Raises/Hip LiftĪ great core movement that you can perform is leg raises. So, not only do you work the legs, but you are also getting a nice tummy workout! 3. The movement is challenging because the weight forces your core to work to keep yourself from rounding over. Squat down with the chest up, keeping an erect spine. Hold a dumbbell close to your chest, right around the sternum area. It requires holding a weight in front of you, thus placing more load on the abdominal muscles. The goblet squat is considered to be the most effective in this regard. The squat is typically recommended for burning fat and sculpting the legs, but did you know it is great at working the core as well? Do not let the lower back sag or protrude in the air. Tense the glutes and abs, and hold the position for the time desired. Place forearms on the floor, with elbows, lined up with the shoulders and body in a straight line. Start on the ground with your stomach facing the floor.
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