ABS

                This week I want to talk about ab workouts. There are so many different types of workouts to choose from and sometimes the best ones to choose are the most basic. When I begin my ab exercise I always start with doing Planks. Planks are really simple, you lie on the floor and put all your weight on your elbows and toes keeping your back straight and making a straight line from your head to your toes. I began with three to four sets of planks for one minute each set. And be sure to rest a minute after each set of every workout.

                After Planks I stayed on the floor and did something called Knees to Elbows. Starting in the Plank position you slowly bring one knee up to touch or almost touch your elbow and you do that for each side. I did Knees to Elbows for a minute each set and I did three sets and if I feel really good I will do an extra one or two sets. These are great for the core; when I do them I really can feel it in my upper and lower abs and my obliques. I then jumped right in to doing Mountain Climbers which are very similar to Knees to Elbows but you do it at very quick pace. The amount of sets I did were three sets for a minute each.

                Next ab exercise I did was Leg raises which is just lying on the ground and, keeping your legs straight, lifting your legs up to a 90 degree angle and lowering them back down to the ground in a controlled motion. Again I am doing around three to four sets for a minute each set concentrating on keeping my core tight as I lift and lower my legs. This exercise will give your lower abdominals a great workout. After the Leg raises I moved on to doing weighted crunches with a medicine ball. When doing these crunches I made sure to have a bar or have someone that would hold down my feet so that I could keep my feet down when I crunched. Weighted crunches are a great classic ab workout that targets the upper and lower abdominals.

                Heel touches are next on the ab list exercise, to do them you lie on your back and go side to side and reach and touch the heels of your shoes. I did heel touches for three to four sets for a minute each set really concentrating on squeezing those obliques. Doing heel touches is a fantastic way to work on those side abs and help you feel that breathtaking feeling you only get from ab workouts. Moving over to the cable machines I finished with weighted cable crunches with the rope. I absolutely love doing these, because I really feel it in my upper abdominals when I do them. When I did these I did four sets of 25 repetitions and increased the weight after each set to intensify the workout a little more.

                That is it for my amazing ab workout from this last week. Please feel free to comment and tell me what you think about my workout and if you tried it I would love to hear how it went. If you have any suggestions on future post topics please do not hesitate to comment. Stay tune for next week when I will talk about Supersets and a great chest and bicep workout.

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