Ab Crunch Exercises

Series Summary

Many people want to lose weight, and despite claims for quick fat burning pills and powders, the best way to lose weight is still through proper diet and exercise. Exercise does more than just maintain physical fitness though. Working out can also help build healthy bone density, muscle strength, and joint mobility. It can also reduce your general health risks, boost the immune system, and help with depression and insomnia. Whether your reason for exercising is to lose weight, or improve muscle mass, working out is always a good idea to help promote the health of your body and mind.

In this free video series, our expert fitness trainer will teach you how to do strength training exercises. These muscle building workout moves are great for pairing with aerobic exercises for a well rounded fitness routine. You will learn how to do a variety of strength training exercises that can be done anywhere at any time. Learn how to do ab crunches, squats, push ups, and hamstring exercises. You will learn also learn how to do heel raises, chair dips, the Superman and dumbbell row exercises. If you want to tone your body and build muscle, let our expert teach you how to do these easy strength training exercises.

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Dave and Amy from High Road Gym in Denver, Colorado. Today, we're going to show you some exercises that you can do anywhere, anytime. Some of the easiest exercises to do are abdominal exercises. The easiest thing to do is a crunch. What Amy is going to do now, she is going to bend her knees to take stress off of her lower back. She's going to put her hands behind her head but she's going to look up at the ceiling so as not to pull on her neck too much. She's going to breath out and gently crunch up towards the ceiling. Breathing out, go ahead and start. As she comes up she's going to try to lift her shoulders off the mat. She's going to bring them up and down slowly. Breathing out, making sure to breath as she does this. Try to pull from your shoulders, Amy, not from your head. As you come up, air comes out. You're trying to squeeze your abdominal muscles. This is the easiest ab exercise there is. Now, in some situations, for some people, this may bother your neck. If this bothers your neck, don't do it. In that case we have another idea for you."