The best abs exercises

Turn on the TV and all kinds of fantastic abs products will be flying around your ears. According to the advertising, these devices ensure that you will soon have a washboard. In just three to five minutes a day. So easy?

It all sounds very attractive. Slim down without starving yourself or sweating for hours on a treadmill. Sometimes you even just have to put on a lap belt or work with electrodes and you can just hang on the couch yourself.

How do you get a washboard then?

However, users often quickly discover that your stomach thinks about it just as easily and that it just lingers. It is impossible to only let your stomach become thinner. When you lose weight, the fat disappears everywhere; most of the fat disappears where most of it is. Effective weight loss and a flat stomach requires more than five minutes of exercise per day. A responsible diet with plenty of water, fruit and fiber, in combination with regular and active sports, is the way to get that tight stomach. Good abdominal muscle training also not only contributes to your figure, but also improves your posture. A strong stomach relieves the lower back and thus ensures a better posture. So just do those abdominal exercises.

Lie on your back and keep your lower back slightly hollow. If necessary, place a rolled up towel under your lower back. Place your hands by your ears with your elbows pointing inward. Most people fold their hands behind their heads and pull their heads to pull their backs off the ground. But of course it should not be. A basic rule is that the hands should not touch each other behind the head. It is best to place the fingers on the sides of the head and use them only as support for the neck muscles. Now raise your left shoulder slightly off the floor, turning your elbow inward. Without pulling your head or moving it forward. Repeat this exercise with your right shoulder.

With the Ab-Roller you can perform a more controlled abdominal muscle training. This exercise has the same effect as the above exercise, only your neck is supported. Take place in the Ab-Roller, preferably on a soft, but firm surface. Put your feet on the floor, your knees are bent. Place your fingertips on the top bar of both hands. Slowly make a short forward movement and slowly move back. Keep tension on the abdominal muscles and do not go back to resting position completely. Repeat this a number of times. When you go upstairs, you exhale. When you go down, you inhale.

Lie on your back and keep the lower back slightly hollow. If necessary, place a rolled up towel under your lower back. Raise the legs slightly at the same time. Lower legs and repeat. Try not to touch the ground anymore.