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Asside from overall fitness... Getting your stomach back
to being flat as usual is a hard thing to do. Here are some exercises
that may be useful.
- The crunch
• Lie on you back.
• Place your feet on the floor as close to your bottom as possible
and place your knees together.
• Rest your hands across you chest and relax the neck.
• Slowly raise your shoulders off the floor by contracting only
the abdominal muscles.
• Don't come up too high - your lower back should always remain
on the floor.
• Hold that position for a count of 1 and breath out forcefully.
• Slowly relax the stomach muscles and allow your shoulders to
return to the floor.
• Repeat 10 - 12 times, rest for 60 seconds then repeat.
- Lying Leg Raises
Firstly ensure that your legs are slightly bent throughout this exercise.
• Lie on your back with your hands, palms down under your buttocks.
• Raise your legs about 12 inches off the floor and hold them
there.
• Make sure the base of your spine is pressed against the floor
(this will ensure that your back has the correct support).
• Now trying to use just your lower abs, tilt your pelvis and
raise your legs a further 6 inches.
• Hold for a few seconds then return to your original position.
• Keep going with this exercise until you can feel it in your
abs.
There are many exercises that you can do ... keep pace with your body
and don't overextend yourself.
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