Five abdominal exercises to help you build strong abdominal muscles

Sit-ups

Mainly exercises the upper abdominal muscles. Slowly lift your upper body, tighten your abdomen, and bring your head as close to your knees as possible. When you lean back to return to the original position, your back should touch the board. For those who have a basic training foundation, it is best to do it on an incline board and an abdominal muscle rack. You can lean back fully to increase the difficulty of tightening the abdomen.

Leg lift and abdominal contraction

Mainly develops the lower abdominal muscles. Lie flat on your back, straighten your legs and lift them as high as possible. Then slowly lower them, repeat several times. You can do the same movement with your knees bent for better results.

Bend your knees and tuck yourself in

Focus on exercising the abdominal muscles. Sit with your knees straight, upper body tilted back to keep your body balanced, then bend your knees and abdomen, flexing your abdominal muscles as much as possible. Your feet should never touch the ground during the exercise.

Alternating toe touches

Lie flat on your back with your legs straight and your hands at your sides. Lift your body, raise your left leg at the same time, and touch your left toes with your right hand; return to the original position, lift your upper body again, raise your right leg at the same time, and touch your right toes with your left hand. Repeat several times.

Twist your waist

Hold the handle with one hand or pull a certain weight, and do twisting and turning exercises in various postures. For example, you can first twist clockwise for 10 circles, and then twist counterclockwise for 10 circles. Finally, bend forward, backward, left and right 5 times. It can exercise the external oblique muscles and waist muscles.