How to Perform Leg Raises Part One
Sit ups and crunches are all very well, but they quickly become boring and this is actually often a large part of what makes people unsuccessful in training up their stomachs – they simply become bored and stop doing it. A workout that feels challenging and is a bit different can be what’s in order then to kick start that abs workout back into gear and to improve progress no end.
Leg raises offer just the thing and target different areas of the abs in a difficult exercise that can be tweaked and tailored to be harder or easier as you progress. Here the idea is that you pivot at the hips still as you would in a sit up, but that it’s your legs that move rather than your upper body. This will train focussing heavily on the top two segments of the abs and will also work the legs while giving you a full body fitness workout.
The easiest and most basic form of leg raise is to lie on the floor flat on your back with your legs flat, then to simply raise and lower the legs. This is fairly easy and needs to be made more difficult by using isometric holds (holding the legs steadily in place, for example hovering just inches above the floor) or by drawing small circles for long periods of time. Do either of these things for a couple of minutes at a time and repeat three times. This is an exercise used in Pilates and is a great beginner’s workout that works well at the end of a session. Practitioners of this movement might to well to hold onto a bar, sofa or anything else behind them while they raise their legs as they may otherwise find it difficult to stay flat to the ground.
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