8 February

Ab Exercise Basics

The simple and honest truth about ab exercises and how to you should exercise your abs to get them better. There are no secrets or one night wonders available that work. The basics are really simple if you want to get your abs in better shape. Many offer different solutions for better abs, but those infomercial machines and gimmicks don’t simply work.

Exercise your abs. There it is, there is nothing else into it, just exercising gets them better. Give your abs something to work on and you’ll have a little leaner stomach and stronger abs. Of course just doing ab exercises will not get you a six pack abs, or a really flat stomach. For that you need to look into your diet and start to eat healthy to lose that extra fat around your belly. You need to choose 3 – 4 ab exercises, spend a 15 minutes of doing them 3 – 4 times a week and you should be on your way to getting a better abs. You shouldn’t do over 20 repetition sets, or your exercises are too easy and then it is time to make them harder or to choose some other exercises.

Choose different ab exercises to workout the whole abdominals of your body. Something for your sides, something general and something for the lower abs as well. Choose the exercises on depending where you are going to exercise, at home or at the gym. It is more difficult to do those “really good” ab exercises that really make your abs work, without any special equipment. So, if you exercise at home, you need to be a little creative when your basic exercises start to feel too easy.

Only thing for you is to choose those different exercises for your abs and start to do them!

Author of this article and sites such as Exercises for butt and has over 15 years of experience in different sports, including 7 years of martial-arts and over 10 years of weightlifting.

6 February

The Bean Exercise – The Answer To Your Ab Prayers?

There are many ways that people look at to try and get that

perfect six pack. Numerous diets as well as various pieces

of exercise equipment are all used to try and get that

sculpted row of muscles that people try their best to obtain.

The bean exercise is a relatively new form of toning the

abs, as well as giving an all over body workout.

The great thing about the bean exericse is that it also

helps other muscle groups such as the bottom, thighs and also

the hips, all in the same movement. It doesn’t just benefit

experienced fitness people but is great for beginners too.

It is a very low impact exercise which makes it ideal as a

way to start your fitness program.

The whole format of the bean exercise is to rock the body

in a slow and gentle motion, which really impacts the abs

and legs at the same time. You actually get the benfit of

using several machines at once with the bean exercise. It

also works very quickly and you should see results in a

short period of time if you stick to the plan.

The bean exercise can be performed in the comfort of your

own home and is easy to store, due to it inflating and

de-flating whenever you need to use it. It comes complete

with a pump which inflates it for you. There are many places

to find out more information. Just do a quick

search online or check out one of the many popular auction

sites, such as eBay, where you’re sure to find people

selling the bean exercise system at great low prices.

The bean exercise is just one way of improving your health

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5 February

Tighten Your Arms With an Isometric Exercise

This isometric exercise is geared toward those individuals who do not work out on a regular basis. You need to start somewhere and by using isometric exercises you are working against your own body weight verses weights. Most individuals starting a workout program using weights will tend to wake up with sore muscles.

With Isometric exercises you will be able to determine how much your body can handle. This specific isometric exercise will help you tighten up your under arm area.

Stand tall with your back touching a wall. Your arms are down at your sides with your palms touching the wall. The wall will now be your resistance. Push back on the wall with the palms of your hands. You will feel a tightening in your arms. Keep your elbows soft which means slightly bent and not stick straight.

An isometric exercise is getting a position – feeling your muscles tightening and then holding that position. The longer you hold that position the more intensely you will be working that muscle group. I personally recommend holding that position for 5 slow deep isobreathing breaths. That is equal to about 30 seconds. Then relax your muscles for one slow isobreathing breath and then go back into your isometric stance again and repeat for 2 more times. These three rounds of isometric exercise will be equivalent to approximately 3 rounds of 12-15 repetitions.

By performing this isometric exercise on a daily basis one time per day all three rounds – in just a few days you will start to feel your muscles tighter and in approximately 3 weeks you will start to see a difference in your arms. I find isometric exercise to be the kindergarten of exercise. You need specific body positioning so you can actually isolate muscles and feel them working properly. Isometric exercises help you get back to basics so eventually when you do lift weights for a work out variety you will know how your muscles should feel when being worked properly.

Article by Ellen Miller the originator of the IsoBreathing program. Ellen is a certified fitness practitioner and personal trainer changing individuals lives one day at a time. She has been teaching for over 20 years. Ellen can be reached at Ellen@isobreathing.com and her website is http://www.isobreathing.com Don’t forget to sign up for her monthly newsletter.