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Side to side
Targets: obliques (sides)
Lie on the back and bend your knees and feet flat on the floor, and your arms at your sides. Exhale and contract your abs as you slide the right hand toward the right foot. Keep your head and neck aligned with your lower back pressed to the floor. Go back to the starting position, then change sides. Repeat 15 times.
Front Plank
Side to side
Targets: obliques (sides)
Lie on the back and bend your knees and feet flat on the floor, and your arms at your sides. Exhale and contract your abs as you slide the right hand toward the right foot. Keep your head and neck aligned with your lower back pressed to the floor. Go back to the starting position, then change sides. Repeat 15 times.
Front Plank
Targets: transverse abdominals
Start on your hands and knees. Keep your back and ab muscles contracted and drop down to your forearms while extending legs out behind you so you are resting on the balls of your feet. Keep your back straight, hips up, and neck relaxed. Stay in this position for 3 seconds, then go back to the start. Repeat 10 times.
Start on your hands and knees. Keep your back and ab muscles contracted and drop down to your forearms while extending legs out behind you so you are resting on the balls of your feet. Keep your back straight, hips up, and neck relaxed. Stay in this position for 3 seconds, then go back to the start. Repeat 10 times.
Fingers to Toes
Targets: rectus abdominus Lie on your back with your legs straight and extended toward the ceiling, with arms down by your sides. Breathe out and contract your abs as you crunch up from your waist and extend your hands toward your toes. Keep your back flat on the floor. Do 2 sets of 15 repetitions.
Scissors
Targets: obliques
Lie on the back and rest your fingers behind your head. Keep your abdominals tight, raise your left knee and touch it to your right elbow. Go back to start, then raise your right knee and touch it to your left elbow. Alternate for 15 repetitions using a gentle, continuous motion, keeping your abs engaged and hands relaxed so that you don`t pull on your neck. Do 2 sets.
Lie on the back and rest your fingers behind your head. Keep your abdominals tight, raise your left knee and touch it to your right elbow. Go back to start, then raise your right knee and touch it to your left elbow. Alternate for 15 repetitions using a gentle, continuous motion, keeping your abs engaged and hands relaxed so that you don`t pull on your neck. Do 2 sets.
Knee-Ups
Targets: rectus abdominus
Brace yourself between the backrests of two sturdy chairs, keeping elbows slightly bent, shoulders down, neck relaxed, with your head and chest lifted. Keep your abs tight, breathe out and slowly bring your knees to your chest without swinging back and forth. If you cannot keep your body in this for, raise one knee at a time. Do 3 sets of 15 repetitions.
Brace yourself between the backrests of two sturdy chairs, keeping elbows slightly bent, shoulders down, neck relaxed, with your head and chest lifted. Keep your abs tight, breathe out and slowly bring your knees to your chest without swinging back and forth. If you cannot keep your body in this for, raise one knee at a time. Do 3 sets of 15 repetitions.
Leg Swings
Targets: obliques
Lie on your back with your arms out to sides, legs and feet pointing up. Breathe out and draw navel in toward the spine as you bend legs to left side about 5 inches from the floor. Go back to the start and do the same on right side. Switch the sides for a total of 15 repetitions. Do 3 sets.
Lie on your back with your arms out to sides, legs and feet pointing up. Breathe out and draw navel in toward the spine as you bend legs to left side about 5 inches from the floor. Go back to the start and do the same on right side. Switch the sides for a total of 15 repetitions. Do 3 sets.
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