Posts tagged: ripped abs

Jun 12 2010

The Best Fat Burning Exercise

imageMany people wonder about the perfect exercise to lose fat. The truth is that there is none. There is no single exercise that will do miracles.

You must have a battery of exercises that work out your body and give you the results you have been waiting for. The great thing is that there are many exercises to choose from and they will do miracles not only for your body status but also for the mental health. You will get out of boredom and staleness. You will be energized and full of joy.

This article is about some of the best exercises to burn fat and also shape up your body. I will tell you about my favorite routines. If you do these exercises in a correct manner you will burn in half an hour the calories you would burn with one hour of jogging.

I am referring to the Advanced Burpee. When you are doing this exercise the technique is extremely important. I will tell you how to do this exercise, step by step.

Here are the four basic steps of Advanced Burpee.

1. Put one shoulder down and stand on it. Then squat down and put the hands on the ground in front of the feet.

2. After that you will have to kick back the feet and, at the same time, lower the chest to the ground.

3. You will also have to push your chest away from the floor and thrusting your legs back up into the squat position. Keep the hands still on the floor.

4. You will finish the exercise by jumping up in the air. When you are landing, simply drop back down into the squat position and repeat the exercise.

How many times you have to do that? There are many ways to integrate this exercise among others. You can set the stopwatch for five minutes. Then do as many Advanced Burpees as you can in that five minute period. Try to push yourself and do not be lazy. When the time period is over count how many reps you did. When you are repeating the exercise the next day, try to do one more rep than the day before and exceed your limits. When you will not be able to add any more reps it means you have to change the workout.

In conclusion, work hard and push yourself to get the best results.

Mar 19 2010

Effective Ab Workouts You Can Do At Home

imageMany people think that the best road to having some amazing abs is to sit at home, lie on the carpet and do a crunch repetitions marathon. This is a very common approach but it will never lead to the killer abs you dreamed of.

You should know that the basic crunch exercise is only a beginners training exercise that has the sole purpose of building some body resistance. If you do about 50 to 100 crunches you will get stronger and be able to stand more exercises but your abs will not become perfect only by doing that.

Also, the crunch movement only works the abs when you do trunk flexion. But the trunk flexion is only one movement from the whole and complete abdominal exercise from a perfect ab routine. In conclusion, you will never get the perfect abs by simply doing one single routine. You have to do several exercises as part of a routine. This can be confusing but in time you will get the hang of it.

There is no need for an anatomy class but this article will be about figuring out the best set of ab workouts. Here are some exercises that do not need any equipment and they are ideal for training the abs.

Here they are:

1. 3×20-25 Reverse Crunch On Floor and then 30 sec to rest

2. 3×12 (5sec hold) Straight Body Side Crunch on Floor and then 30 sec to rest

3. 3×60 Plank and then 30 sec to rest

4. 3×20-25 Seated Russian Twists With Leg Cycle and then 30 sec to rest

And here is also a detailed description of how to do each exercise:

Reverse Crunch on Floor- Simply sit on your back on the carpet or mat. Flex the knees and hips to a fix 90 degree angle. Then bring your knees toward the chest by flexing the abdominal muscles. Make sure to keep a constant knee angle. After that return until the hips and knees are extended to 90 degree angles. Repeat the movement according to the plan.

Straight Body Side Crunch on Floor- On the mat, lie on your side and keep the hands straight out above your head, in perfect line with the body while the legs are straight. Lock the hands together and, simultaneously, raise the arms and legs up so that neither of them are above the floor. Hold the position for the prescribed seconds.

Plank- On your forearms and toes support the body and keep the abs really tight. Do not let hips sag and hold the position for the prescribed seconds.

Seated Russian Twists with Leg Cycle- On the mat, cross your arms across your chest and grab the opposite shoulders. Lean back to a 45 degree angle to the floor and easily rotate the trunk to the right while bringing the right knee towards your chest. With the left elbow, touch the right knee. Do the same on the other side for the prescribed number of reps. A full rotation equals one rep.

This is the simple way to have a great ab workout routine that you can do 2-3 times per week for up to a month, without any equipment.

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