Try This Abdominal Exercise

Lie down on your back, arms fully extended so you form a T. Lift your legs off the ground and bring them to a 90 degree angle from the floor.

Keep your feet together and slowly lower your legs to the left, holding for a count of 2. You are rotating the waist and concentrating on the downward motion, keeping the abs tight throughout the movement. Your shoulders should stay as tight against the floor as possible. Your goal is to bring your legs as close to the floor as possible while keeping your shoulders on the mat.

Keeping the abs tight, bring the legs to the starting position and continue to the opposite side. When you now return to the starting position, count that as 1 rep. See how many you can do.

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Working Out the Arms

Everyone who ever lifted a weight wants bigger arms. You hit the gym and focus on bicep and tricep training. Then, as an after-thought, you workout the chest, shoulders and the rest of the body.

That's a no no. The arms should be worked last. You are using your arms in all other exercises so it's important not to overwork them at the beginning of the workout. Your other exercises will suffer.

Unless you split workouts or do seperate body parts on different days, something most of us cannot fit into our schedule, you are most likely doing all your lifting in one workout 2 - 3 times a week. Save the bicep and tricep movements until the end.

Great Core Muscle Workout

Two Leg Pike
Rollout on the ball until your shins are on the ball and you are forming a bridge.
Keeping this position roll your knees in towards your chest.
Return to the starting position and repeat.

Dancing for Exercise

Dancing is one of the most fun ways to exercise. I'm talking fast paced dancing that keeps your heart and lungs in shape, as well as strengthens your legs.

Doing a dance like the old fashioned twist really exercises the stomach muscles as you continually twist your abdominals.