The circuits below are designed to strengthen your entire body, specifically your glutes and core. It is vital that you use your mind to properly engage and contract the muscles you are working, especially your core and glutes. To successfully work a muscle group, you have to feel it working. You need to focus your mind on contracting and
It’s time to push your abs to exhaustion—not to mention, fight the flab—with new abs exercises that are anything but routine. And it’s not just a six-pack you’ll get: Maintain strong abs and you’ll help prevent back pain, boost your agility, and increase your flexibility But no matter how tough these exercises get, always remember the golden rule of
It's time to emerge from your cave. Spring has sprung and summer is just around the corner. If you want to cut the belly flab and get your beach body back, try the core-crusher circuit. These stability exercises hit your lower abs, upper abs, and obliques, strengthening and chiseling your middle in one go. It's easy to hibernate during the
The distended belly, muffin top, baby pooch, mummy tummy … whatever you want to call it … can be eliminated! A lot of time this area is stubborn because we don’t exercise or we don’t do the proper exercises. No matter how many crunches and planks some of us do, that six pack remains hidden in the back of the fridge (which means behind
To show off your abs, you have to burn fat. To burn fat, you have to stoke your metabolism by building muscle. These straightforward moves work major muscle groups--with an emphasis on your midsection--without adding bulk. When you exercise your abdominal muscles, you're not doing it to have rock-hard abs hidden under a layer of fat. Some muscle-strengthening exercises are just
This four-week plan keeps things simple utilizing just three basic moves with a plyometric challenge thrown in every other day. Alternate grounded exercises with plyometric and rest on Sundays. This plan is completely adaptable. Whether you do your plyometrics hardcore, going as fast as you can or you opt for simply dynamic movement at your own, reasonable pace, you can
As you age, your metabolism changes and it becomes difficult to lose weight. Even if you follow a healthy diet plan and adopt good lifestyle habits, you follow the right sleep pattern and drink water adequately, your weight tends to remain stagnant. To get your body in shape and shed extra pounds from your body you will need to follow
Want a tight & toned core? You’re not alone. Figuring out how to lose belly fat is all about finding the balance between a healthy and nutritious diet and exercises that will work your whole body and target your core. Getting a strong, defined tum is at the top of every gym-goer’s list. There’s an easy method to scoring a flat
Dumbbells are arguably the most versatile piece of equipment because you can move with greater fluidity. Unlike the rigid, fixed patterns of machines and barbells, you have the flexibility to change the positioning and angle to mitigate pain from injuries or immobility, and a greater capacity to work unilaterally to address muscle imbalances. You don’t have to go as heavy
Not sure how to vary your ab routine to get the best results? No worries: We've rounded up some of the best core moves you can use to create circuits that will have you feeling the burn in all the right places. We all play favorites at the gym—some of us love squats while others live for lifting. Perhaps instead,
