If you have gotten to this page you are looking for ab exercises for women. I am describing a few exercises that helped me to get my body back into shape and to wear a bikini knowing that I look great and sexy again. I am not a certified something and so if you do not feel comfortable doing these exercises, please talk to a personal trainer in a gym or so. As mentioned in another article I have been using Mike Geary’s Truth About Six Pack Abs program to get back into shape.
I usually start with stretching. Lie flat on your back on an exercise mat or clean carpeted floor. Extend your arms over your head with your legs fully extended on the floor. Stretch from your fingertips to your toes, lengthening your whole body in both directions. Hold 10 seconds and release. Repeat a couple of times. Lie flat on your back. Now bring both knees up towards your chest. Now grab your lower legs just below your knees and try to pull your knees towards your chest. Hold for 10 seconds or so. Repeat a few times.
Now about those ab exercises for women. I do pushups. Lie on your stomach with your legs extended behind you. Tuck your toes, bend your elbows, and place your hands outside and even with your shoulders. Straighten you arms, lifting you entire body off the floor and balancing on your hands and your toes. Why pushups? The key is to move your whole body as one solid unit. This focuses the stretch where it is needed, in the abdominal areas of your body. I do blocks of 5 repeats and then stretch again before doing another block of 5. Overall I repeat this so that I end up with 20-30 pushups.
For the next exercise you will need a dumbbell. I use a 10 lbs weight for this, but you can work with anything really. Now stand up straight. With the weight in your right hand, step forward with your left leg. Next, bending forward from your waist and using your left hand on your left knee for support, move your body to the left while you right arm, the one holding the dumbbell, hangs down. Hold the position for 10 seconds and then release. Repeat the exercise with you left and your right leg, switch arms holding the weight accordingly.
Do you like Squats? I hate them. But I do them anyway. Stand up straight and get ready for the squat by setting your feet comfortably part. Point your toes slightly outward. Let your knees relax. They do not need to locked. Next set your upper body. Chest out, shoulder back. No curve in the lower back. Your Head should be in alignment with your spine. Now lower your hips until the tops of your thighs are parallel with the floor. Hold the position for 3-5 seconds and then go back up again. I do this 5-10 times and then repeat these blocks 2-3 times during my workouts.
I am not going into more details about additional ab exercises for women for now. As mentioned, Mike Geary is the man that helped me to find my confidence again. Check out his book “The Truth About Six Pack Abs” for the full program I have been doing. This book is only available online and you cannot buy it at Amazon or your local bookstore. Bummer, but that’s what it is.
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