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3)
Incline Bench-Leg Raise:
Lie on an
incline bench with your legs off the end. Grasp overhead for support on the
bench. Bring your knees up, as high as possible, while simultaneously lifting
your buttocks and hips off the bench. Flex your abs hard at the top of this
movement. Lower your legs slowly. Be sure that your feet do not touch the floor
at any time during the exercise. For added intensity and to work your lowers
even harder, place a dumbbell in-between your feet and perform the exercise as
normal, you will certainly feel the burn!! (Great for building the lowers)
4)
Seated
Leg Raise: Sit on a bench sideways, grasping the edges for support. With
knees bent, raise your legs slightly and then straighten your legs, leaning
backward as balance requires. Now lift your knees toward your chest, keeping
your lower legs pointed downward and squeeze your abs very hard. Keep continuous
tension on the abs throughout this movement.
With the above exercises you are going to develop a strong lower abs base which
you will be proud of, but also you need to take into consideration five
important components in order to accomplish your goals:
a) You need to adapt an overall weight training routine to develop muscle mass
and thereby make your body more efficient in burning calories.
b)
Stick with a fat-burning diet to speed up your metabolism (getting the best from
your body type)
c)
Intense training to strengthen and develop the abdominals themselves.
d)
Plenty of aerobics to further heighten fat loss by burning off excess calories
e)
Special supplements which cause thermogenesis and help rid the body of excess
stored fat.
As far as concerned the training schedule of lower abs you can pick some of them
and put them in your abdominal training or do the above exercises in a separate
training session which will target the problematic area of lower abs something I
recommend you to do. Here are some examples:
Lower
abs workout sample #1:
Beginner
Hanging Leg
Raise 3 x 10-15reps
Seated leg raise 3 x 10-15reps
Lower
abs workout sample #2:
Intermediate
Hanging
Leg Raise 4 x 15-20
Incline Bench-Leg Raise 3 x 15-20
Seated Leg Raise 3 x max.
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