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Essential Lower Ab Exercises

If you are aiming for flat ripped abs, it is important that you target your lower abs first. There are actually a lot of exercises that targets lower abs, and incorporating them into your daily workout wouldn’t be a problem. In order for this to be done correctly, there are a couple of things that you would probably want to keep in mind. Repetition is not the main idea of exercising your lower abs. The main idea is to taget the muscles and let them do the job. You will completely feel the effect when the right work out is applied on the lower abs. Be reminded that too much workout might also cause you not to feel your abs for they also get tired. Be aware of what your body says. Avoid over working your body if you do not want to pay the price the following day. The transverse ab muscles are the usual target  of the lower abs. This muscle group runs horizontally under the Rectus Abdominus (the muscles that run vertically and pulls your front pelvis towards your belly button) and are the muscles that pull your belly button towards your spine. With your palms flat on the floor right in front of you, execute this exercise kneeling on the floor. With the use of your lower abs pull your belly button in as much as you can. Relaxing the rest of your body eill ensure that your lowers ab is doing its work. Begin by holding your position for 10 seconds and then relax if you are a beginner. Lengthening the workout by hoslding the position until you can’t feel it anymor or beginning feeling other muscles contracting and with most cases holding it for 2 minutes will allow your body to get used to it. If you really want to make sure that you are performing the exercise correctly, lie face down on the floor and perform the same instructions mentioned above. You will be able to better sense your lower abs thus making sure that the workout is executed properly.      Starting with your back lying flat on the floor, you will be be able to perform another amazing lower ab exercise. Targeting your lower abs and by moving your legs is what makes this exercise work. The goal here is during the whole exercies keep your abs tight. As soon as you feel pain in your lower bak and dont feel the tightness in your abs, do not continue the workout. Bend one leg while leaving the other leg on the ground is how this workout is executed. Keep a 90 degrees angle between the thigh muscle of the bent leg and the ground. With the use of your lower abdominal muscles, move your bent leg to the direction of the ground until such time that your foot touches the floor. Ensure that both your legs work during this exercise. If you feel that the exercise is becoming very easy to do and are looking for more challenge, you can straighten your leg to increase the pressure on your lower abs. Try straightening your bent leg, and along with your other leg repeat the same process (basically raising and lowering both legs at the same time). Remember that this exercise should be done slowly and with a lot of concentration as rushing it can result to muscle strains. This exercise is done by repeating it 15 times, 2 to 3 sets.

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