2007-01-24 02:18:25 · 6 answers · asked by hulahoops 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Laying on your back with your arms at your side, cross your legs and lift @6 inches and hold for 5 seconds - we used to this in the "old days" in PE class - works well if you keep it up. Eventually you can graduate to putting weights on your feet and doing the exercise.
2007-01-24 02:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by dashel_gabelli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lay on the floor (it's nice to have a mat or carpeting but a bed is too soft) and put your hands under your butt palms down. Raise your legs together an inch or so off the floor then lift all the way vertical and then toward your head. It is like folding from your waist but your legs move, not your upper body. Do three sets of twenty reps. Don't let your feet touch the floor between lifts. When this no longer does much for you, do the same thing except once your legs get vertical, point your toes and lift toward the ceiling.
If you want to see this exercise, get Cindy Crawford's Shape Your Body video (out in 1990 or so) She does it in the first workout and in the 10 minute workout at the end. It is the best lower ab exercise I've ever done. I added the more advanced exercise when my abs got stronger.
To really strengthen your core, you have to do more than just one exercise though. Pilates is a really good way to strengthen you abs, back and butt.
2007-01-24 10:33:29 · answer #2 · answered by mlemt76 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just so you know your abs are one muscle group. it is not like your delts where they are 3 parts, but anyways... you can do hanging leg lifts. find a pullup bar to hang from. bring your knees you to your chest as if you were going to do a cannonball. make sure not to cheat by swinging your legs, or leaning back.
2007-01-24 10:23:38 · answer #3 · answered by eriq p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Revers crunches....lie flat on ground on your back...legs straight...palms near you facing down. legs together....keep them straight.
Now lift your legs without bending knees. till they are perpendicular to ground....now back to initial position.
A lighter version is keep your legs bentand your feet on ground. Then lift them till your thighs are past 90 degree to ground.
Check uot the reverse crunch inthis:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.php?Real_New=%3C%3D+7&start=10&Name=&MainMuscle=Abdominals&Equip=&Isolation=Isolation&order=Name
2007-01-24 10:32:29 · answer #4 · answered by Lord Of Lust 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do crunches with your legs elevated.
2007-01-24 10:26:59 · answer #5 · answered by shirewyn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try crunches or curls
2007-01-24 10:23:22 · answer #6 · answered by lifeoftoby 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋