Ab Exercise Routines to Improve Your Core Fitness

Abdominal muscles are among the most grueling places to target when you are exercising. Abdominals are hard to deal with; there aren’t a lot of efficient exercises and, in order to get any muscles showing, you have to not only work out, but also diet, or else any muscles you shape up will just be covered in fat and not visible. However, there are some ab workouts that can build your core fitness, and these exercises can be done in your own home and with minimum costs. Most of these routines also strengthen your back and waist, so they in truth are multi-purpose. Here are just two easy abdominal exercises that can be done at home without any equipment.

Ab Exercise 1

This abdominal workout is good to do if you are new to strengthening your core and are not is good shape. It is gentle and simple to do, but effective.

Lie flat on a bath towel or a small sheet and arrange yourself so that your hands are gripping the top corners of the towel beside your ears. Next, bend your knees, keeping your feet flat to the ground. Contract your stomach muscles and keep your vertebral column straight, and then take a deep breath and lift your head, neck and shoulders off the ground. Hold this position, using the sheet for support. Let out your breath, and simultaneously slide your right heel on  the ground until your leg is extended. Then extend your left leg. Do this te...

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