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Alternating Ab Chop Leg Raise – Lying with legs stretched out and flat on ground, and with arms outstretched behind head also on the ground with hands together, sit up and bring arms high overhead and down to the right side towards ground, while simultaneously lifting up left leg. Keep arms and legs straight throughout movements. After hands come down towards ground and leg is raised up foot towards ceiling, reverse the movements and come back to start position. For the next rep swing your arms up overhead and down to the left side while lifting your right leg up and then come back down to lying start position. Continue in this manner alternating sides for each rep.  || Read more

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Standing One Leg Toe Touch – Start in standing position and raise arms up over your head with arms straight and hands together, lift one leg up keeping leg straight so that it is parallel to the ground and reach down both arms, keeping them straight, contacting abs and touch toes with fingertips. Then bring your arms back up overhead and leg back to ground. Repeat with the other leg and then continue alternating legs for each rep.  || Read more

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Weighted Sit Ups with Twist – Lie on the ground with your legs bent, wide apart and with your feet on the ground, hold a medicine ball, dumbbell or other weighted object at ground behind head. Sit up and bring weight up and overhead and then down towards ground between legs, then bring arms parallel to ground and swing the weighted object to the left. Reverse these movements and come back to start position. For the next rep do the same movements for the sit up but swing the weight to the right side. Continue doing sit ups in this manner twisting and bringing the weight to the opposite side for each rep.  || Read more

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Reverse Lunge with Kick Up – From standing position, take a big step backward with one leg and as you put your foot down continue the movement bending front knee and bringing thigh of front knee down and parallel to ground and bending back leg so that knee comes down a few inches from the ground. Then come up and out of lunge and kick forward the back leg up while reaching out with the opposite arm, keeping it parallel to ground and kick up towards your outstretched hand. Continue movements on same leg or alternate legs each time as indicated.  || Read more

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Crossed Leg Crunches exercise – Lie on ground with legs bent, wide apart and with feet on the ground and then cross one leg over the other. With the opposite arm as the leg you have crossed, place hand behind head, your other arm lies straight on ground at your side. Crunch up and when you come up twist your torso and bring your elbow of arm with hand behind head to the crossed knee, go back down to start position continue crunching up in this manner for each rep. On the next interval round switch arm and leg positions and do crunches twisting up working the other side.
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Core Heel Scrapers ab exercise – Lie flat on ground with legs lifted off of floor, knees bent and legs in close to body with your arms lying straight at your side. Bring down legs so that feet are just a few inches off floor and push legs out straight as if sliding heels on ground but actually keeping them up a few inches off the ground throughout the movement. Hold arms up just off ground so that core and abs do most of the work or if you need to support yourself, support yourself with your arms and hands. When legs are outstretched, reverse movements and bring them back in close to body as in your starting position. This is one rep.  || Read more

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Side to Side Push Under Crunches exercise – Lying with back on mat with legs wide, bent knees and feet on ground. Crunch up and to right side reaching right hand under leg and as far as you can reach between feet, then go back to start position and repeat movements on left side, reaching the left arm under leg and out as far as you can reach between feet. Continue alternating sides each rep.  || Read more