Tummy exercises for women

Flatten your tum and trim your waist!

Long arm crunch

Area trained: Upper stomach
Safety tip: Keep your neck relaxed and don’t crane your head forward
Technique
• Begin lying on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Extend your arms overhead, keeping your hands clasped.
• Tense your stomach, lifting your head and shoulders off the floor, without moving your chin towards your chest.
• Return to the start and repeat.

Russian twist

Areas trained: Upper stomach, sides of stomach
Safety tip: Keep your back straight
Technique
• Sit on the floor with your knees bent and your arms out, holding a medicine ball.
• Lean back to 45 degrees, keeping your back straight.
• Twist to the left, pause, then return to the centre and twist to the left to complete one rep.

 

Climber

Areas trained:Obliques, stomach, shoulders
Technique
• Begin in plank position with your body in a straight line from shoulders to feet.
• Raise your left leg then bring your knee towards your upper arm.
• Straighten your left leg and place it back on the floor. Repeat with the right leg to complete one rep.

Roll-ins

Areas trained:Upper stomach, lower stomach, core, shoulders
Technique
• Start in a press-up position with your shins resting on a stability ball, hands shoulder-width apart.
• Tense your stomach and draw your knees in toward your chest, pause for a count of one, then straighten your legs and repeat.

Scissors

Area trained: Lower stomach
Safety tip: Keep your lower back pressed into the floor
Technique
• Lie on your back with your arms on the floor by your sides, legs outstretched at a height you can hold without arching your back.
• Take your left leg over your right so they cross, pull them apart again, then bring your right leg over your left to complete one rep.
• Continue to complete one set.

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