Unfortunately, we’re all familiar with the awkward abdominal crunch exercise. Luckily, that’s not the only way to work those muscle groups. You don’t have to spend all that time straining your neck or hurting your back in order to improve the appearance of your gut. You can help trim the fat and build those muscles with a variety of moves and exercises that don’t involve such high risk of injury or discomfort. I would like to share with you a few ways to achieve this.
One move you can perform to work your abs is the side plank position. Basically, you support yourself on the floor using one arm as you face sideways. You can support yourself by using your hand or forearm. The hand would be the more difficult choice. All you need to do is hold this position for a set amount of time. Just a few minutes would be a great workout. If you were extremely motivated you could just hold the position until you tired out. That would not only burn calories, but it would give those obliques a nice, hard workout. Make sure you give each side roughly the same amount of workout time. The last thing we need is lopsided gut muscles.
Another crunch-free exercise is the scissor kick. These are fairly simple. In order to do this, lie on your back and keep your legs straight. Raise your legs off the ground by a few inches. It doesn’t take much. The higher you raise them the more difficult it will be. Move your legs outward going sideways and back in. Repeat this for a few minutes if you are able. Like with the plank position moves, it doesn’t take very much or that long for you to truly feel the workout. A couple of minutes each day will shape your abs quite nicely.
Frank Smith
