Plank Tricks To Do To Have Better Abs

I have been dreaming of getting my flat abs back no matter what it takes. I have started exercising slowly as I ease my way back to the healthy lifestyle I used to have before I got hooked to the sedentary life I have adapted.

It is hard work and really, patience play a great role to be able to go back to a healthy and active lifestyle but if you're already there and just needed some push to have better abs, or is aiming to get the abs you always wanted, here are few tricks to do to get that washboard abs.

These tips are great to help you get that nice core. Work it out!

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Plank Jacks
It's like doing a jumping jack but into a plank position on the ground. And here's how you do it: Get into a plank position on your forearms, propped up on the balls of your feet. Your abdominal wall should be engaged, your legs should be straight and your feet together. Keeping your upper body still, jump your feet about three feet apart and back together as if you’re doing jumping jacks. Do three sets of 10 reps.

Donkey Kick Planks
Get into a plank position on your forearms, propped up on the balls of your feet. Again, your abdominal wall should be engaged, your legs should be straight and your feet together. Shift your weight to one leg, bend the other leg and bring your knee in towards your chest. Then kick your foot back and up until your leg forms a perfect "L." Knee in and kick out 10 times and then switch legs.

Side Plank with Leg Raise
This will help the obliques get toned and it's a bit tough to do. You have to lie on your side and prop yourself up into a side plank by leaning on your left forearm. Keeping that elbow at a right angle, lift the entire left side of your body so that your left shoulder, left hip and left heel form a straight line. Your body weight is on the side of your left foot. Keep good form by contracting and holding your abs. Put your right hand on your right hip, elbow towards the ceiling, and then raise your right leg as high as you can and lower. Repeat 10 times and switch sides.


Good luck and keep that form and engage your core! Let's do it!


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Deflate Your Belly Without The Use Of Gym Equipment

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Eating healthily is not only the key to lose those love handles. You also have to work out to burn those belly fats with core exercises including cardio exercises.

There are several ways to do crunching and you will be surprised that not all crunches require you to be in the gym or to use complex fitness machine to do the work. Simple floor exercises and twisting can also do the trick.


Here are some perfect moves to help deflate that pooch belly without the use of equipment.

PLANKS

This exercise is a type of isometric ab workout. Isometric kind of exercise generate tension in the muscle without involving too much movement.

BICYCLE EXERCISE

This type of floor exercise helps tone not only the core muscles of your mid section but also your legs and glutes.

VERTICAL LEG CRUNCH

It is an effective exercise for the rectus abdominis and the obliques. It is like the regular crunch but on this kind, the legs are raised.

TWIST

This exercises engages the oblique muscles. This is fairly simple and you can up the ante by holding a broomstick on your neck and twist your torso.

REGULAR CRUNCH

This is a basic exercise for the abdominal muscles. Just lie on the floor in a supine position, contract your ab muscles while lifting your upper body with your hands behind your neck.