Sit-Ups For Busy Women: 6 Core-Tightening Exercises
These exercises will not only help you reduce your waistline, but they
will also help you maintain your body properly. Without a doubt, a solid
core is one of the most sought after physical attributes today.
You’ve probably learned a few tips from your trainers by now, but to
emphasize your abdominal muscles , you need to be focused enough on the
target, which means you have to have great discipline.
1. Knee to elbow plank
First, you have to start in a standard plank position, with your palms
firmly planted on the floor, and then maintain a straight line from your
shoulders to your heels by engaging your core muscles.
Next, your feet should be hip-width apart, and then you should lift your
right leg an inch or two off the ground and bring your right knee toward
your right elbow while keeping your hip as stable as possible.
So, you have to return the right leg to the ground and repeat on the left
side.
2. Plank with leg raises
Get into push-up position but with your weight on your forearms instead
of your hands. Contract your abs, squeeze your glutes , and keep your body
straight from head to heels.
Now raise your right leg and hold that position for 1 second. Lower the
right leg and raise the left. Continue alternating back and forth for the
prescribed time or reps.
3. Crunches with parallel arms
Lying on your back, raise your upper body, arms extended and parallel.
Then return to the starting position.
4. Weighted hands-to-knees sit-ups
While lying on your back, grab the dumbbell and lift it towards your
knees, while also bringing these towards the weight.
Exhale and lower your arms and legs toward the floor, keeping your lower
back in contact with the mat.
5. Eagle Crunches
Lying down, get into the eagle posture (arms and legs intertwined as in
the image). Crunch up, bringing your elbows closer to your knees. Repeat
for 10 breath cycles, then repeat on the opposite side.
6. Scissor crunches
We will lie on the ground, face up. We have to keep the hands behind the
neck or stretching the arms along the sides. From this position we will
raise the legs alternately. We will make a vertical scissor movement with
them. That is, up and down and in a slow and controlled manner.
