Stretching for Abdominal 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.

So, you want rock hard abs? Or, maybe you just want to tighten up your stomach a little bit. Either way, this free video series will give you training lessons on a number of abdominal exercises that you can use to get in shape. A trainer will teach you how to stretch for abdominal exercises, how to do basic crunches, scissor kicks, and v-sits, among many others. Pressed for time? No problem, as all of these exercises can be done at home, without the need to buy any extra equipment. Follow these tips today, and you'll be rolling through bicycle crunches and oblique v-ups in no time!

Video Transcript

"Hi. I' Kyle Brayer and this is Kerry. Today we'll be going over an in home abdominal workout. You'd like to start out with a series of jumping jacks followed by some squats just to warm your body up. Next we're going to have Kerry on her stomach here on the mat. We're going to work on stretching out that core region before begin any exercises. She's going to come up into a cobra stretch. She's going to push up with her palms and this is going to help stretch out the back and the abdominal region. She's going to keep her neck in an align position and her shoulder rolled back. She'll hold this position for about 15 seconds, breath in through her nose, breath out through her mouth, trying to relax, and then she's going to release, and go back down to the ground. Take a couple of deep breaths and then she'll push up once again. The important part here is keeping the abdominal region nice and tight. Keeping the elbows locked out and the shoulders rolled back, and breathing. Breath and release. And back down to the mat. Next stretch she'll be doing is a stretch for both the back, so the spine and abdominal region. She's going to come up to all fours on her hands and knees. This is called a cal stretch and Kerry's going to roll back, working on that back, breathing through her nose, and then she's going to push down into the opposite, rolling her hips back and up, and her shoulders back once again, breathing her nose and out through her mouth. And now she's working on the abdominal region. And one more time. She rolls up, breathing, and then back down. And you'd like to perform each one of these exercises between two and five times making sure you're breathing and then when you're done, we'll be ready to roll into our in home Ab workout."