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Get a Stronger Core and Obliques With Side Bridges
Read More: Get a Stronger Core and Obliques With Side BridgesBy Stephen E. Alway, Ph.D. The side bridge is an advanced but very effective exercise, that will active both the external and internal oblique muscles of the abdominal wall, and the quadrates lumborum, a key core muscle of the lower spine. A weak core and a weak abdomen provide an excellent recipe for eventual back…
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Are Crunches a Pain in the Neck?
Read More: Are Crunches a Pain in the Neck?Q: Where should I place my hands when I’m doing crunches? I’ve always put them behind my head, but I’ve been experiencing neck pain recently and I think it might be from the crunches. A: Based on what you’re saying, your pain very well may be from the crunches. Unfortunately, many fitness professionals continue to…
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Tighten and Tone Your Midsection
Read More: Tighten and Tone Your MidsectionBicycling for some may involve maneuvering your way up a winding mountain trail, while perched on a narrow seat hovering between two thin wheels. This type of exercise might be exhilarating and a great way to improve your cardiovascular conditioning, and to burn calories, but not everyone lives close to a nice bike trail, or…
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Biggest Fat Loss Myths:
Read More: Biggest Fat Loss Myths:The only way to truly lean up your midsection is to lean up your entire body with a combination of weight training, proper diet and cardio. By Aaron Loynes MPT, CSCS and Brent Seegraves MPT, CSCS As physical therapists, our patients often ask us questions regarding exercise and fitness. By far the most common question…
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Best Flat Tummy Tips for 2023
Read More: Best Flat Tummy Tips for 2023Ever wonder how some ladies, from everyday gals, your co-workers to professional athletes, sport a flat stomach and maybe even a six-pack? There are no “secrets” but rather it’s a lifestyle that forms the foundation of a fit and lean midsection. Diet or more precisely a healthy eating plan is where is all begins, no…
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Tighten Your Tummy With Curl-Up Crunches
Read More: Tighten Your Tummy With Curl-Up CrunchesThe holidays are upon us but that doesn’t mean your fitness plan has to take a back seat to the tempting foods and their consequences that can materialize around this time of year. Now is as good a time as any to “exorcise” extra pounds with some focused abdominal work. Of course, if are serious…
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Get a Stronger Core: 3-Day Workout Split
Read More: Get a Stronger Core: 3-Day Workout SplitThe dog days of summer are here, and it’s time to sharpen the weapons of your physical arsenal! It’s time to reclaim the ground that you’ve lost in the summer party battlefield! Of course it means getting back on the right path with proper nutrition first, but as you’re strategizing your victory plan, here is…
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Best Ab Exercises to Get a Six-Pack
Read More: Best Ab Exercises to Get a Six-PackBy David Peck, Ph.D. Great abs are on the “most wanted” list for many of us this summer, yet you see so few people with mind-blowing six-packs. Unfortunately, the avenue to amazing abs is cluttered with training evangelism, and everyone has his own opinion, technique or idea about how to best train this often troublesome…
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Butt Blast Workout for Firm Glutes and Abs
Read More: Butt Blast Workout for Firm Glutes and AbsIt’s crunch time! If you train hard and diet sensibly you can be turning heads before you know it when you concentrate on critical body parts that make you look fit and firm: your butt and abs. The Cardio Crunch Ab and Butt Blast Workout attacks the glutes and abs on three fronts: intense and…
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Get Firm, Sculpted Abs on a Swiss Ball
Read More: Get Firm, Sculpted Abs on a Swiss BallThe Swiss ball can be a terrific tool for developing a tight, firm midsection. Swiss balls are an extremely popular piece of exercise equipment because of their versatility and convenience. In one poll of fitness professionals, Swiss balls were named as one of the most indispensable tools in a personal trainer’s arsenal. That’s no surprise,…
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Can You Isolate Your Lower Abs?
Read More: Can You Isolate Your Lower Abs?Q: Is it possible to isolate your upper abs from your lower abs during training? My friend says you can’t, but I’ve read that you can. Who’s right? A: To a certain degree, you’re both right. On one hand, complete isolation of any muscle is virtually impossible. The human body is designed to function holistically…
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How to Get Amazing Abs
Read More: How to Get Amazing Abst’s not so much the training of abdominals, but the prioritization of nutrition that is the most significant factor in building amazing abs.” Contrary to popular belief, abdominal muscles needn’t be trained more than one or two days per week. Overtraining abdominals is just as harmful and counterproductive as overtraining any muscle group. Overtraining abdominals…
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Shrink Your Waistline With Side-Bridges
Read More: Shrink Your Waistline With Side-BridgesNow is as good a time as ever to give your abdominals a tighter, leaner look. However, if you start an abdominal-intensive routine, you may find that all regions will not shape up at the same rate. This is because the lateral side of the abdomen is usually one of those trying areas that take…
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Best Ab Workout: Should You Do Sit-Ups?
Read More: Best Ab Workout: Should You Do Sit-Ups?Sit-ups may be excellent for developing the abdominal muscles, but they increase the risk of back injury. Sit-ups have been the mainstay of abdominal exercise for more than 100 years. Most people who want great-looking abs do sit-ups – hundreds of them. Is this the best ab exercise? More importantly, are they safe? Maybe not…
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2 Exercises for Flat Abs
Read More: 2 Exercises for Flat AbsBy Shoshana Pritzker “Step up your routine with a few new ab exercises. They are worth the pain of doing them,” notes Ava Cowan, a fitness professional who has competed in the most prestigious Figure events worldwide, ranking top 3 in the world and becoming a social media phenomenon with 1 million followers at her…
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Get Razor-Sharp Abs With V Sit-ups
Read More: Get Razor-Sharp Abs With V Sit-upsMost people would love to have abs that are sharp enough to open a can of tuna, yet many trainers put their ab training on the back burner during this time of year. That’s too bad, because abdominal training doesn’t have to consist of complicated exercises on chrome machines. Although many machines are effective, simpler…
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Balancing Act: Stable Surfaces Versus Stability Balls
Read More: Balancing Act: Stable Surfaces Versus Stability BallsTraining on stability balls adds a valuable tool to your training arsenal as long as you understand its benefits and limitations. Active women around the world have gone crazy over stability ball training. The balls are also known as Swiss balls, exercise balls, physioballs, gymnastic balls or fit balls. People use stability balls to force…
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Get a Tight Core and Firm Waist
Read More: Get a Tight Core and Firm WaistYour abdomen, hips and buttocks will really tighten and firm when you use reverse planks. Have months of reduced activity, stuck at home during the pandemic, taken its toll on your abdomen and hips? Unfortunately, you cannot hide your lower waist and hip shape in the summer like you can in the winter. Nevertheless, this…
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Best Exercise for Toned and Tight Abs?
Read More: Best Exercise for Toned and Tight Abs?Abdominal work is probably not the favorite thing most women do in the gym. Having said that, of all the abdominal exercises that are possible to string together, bench crunches can be enjoyed the most. There is just something satisfying about experiencing the short, intensive contractions, then having them evolve into tingling abdominal muscle cramps,…
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Get Toned, Sculpted Abs and Obliques
Read More: Get Toned, Sculpted Abs and ObliquesBy Ritch and Mia Finnegan Every day we see gimmick exercise equipment, routines and videos advertised as the easy way to get your own “six-pack.” To any true fitness professional, this deceptive advertising is irresponsible and unprofessional. The advertising always seems to talk about getting six-pack abs without mentioning the facts: In order to construct…