Developing strong abdominal muscles will help you look and feel slimmer. It will also help your posture and can reduce back pain. Having a strong core will make other exercise easier and prevent injury-which is why this is the perfect challenge to begin UPPING your fitness!
Here is a great link on the basics of strengthening your abs!
The ays of scheduling 30-60 minutes devoted to exercise are long gone for most of us mommies! By taking 30 seconds throughout the day to fit in some ab sets, you will reap the benefits of consistency and see improvement without making extra time JUST for exercise!
Here are some great places to get your crunches in:
While you waiting for your shower water to heat do a set of 20-30 crunches.
During a commercial break from watching TV do another set of 20-30 crunches.
While your hubby is at home to help with bath time or a diaper change or at the beginning of nap time-make a goal of doing 1 set of 20-30 crunches before you do anything else while your are baby free.
Do a set of crunches right before or right after filling the washer/dryer/dishwasher
Hang an outfit or bikini you'd like to get into-or look better in or a picture of you in that outfit or bikini with your little one or family (for a less in everyone-else's-face approach) in the location where you will be doing your crunches as a reminder to fit them in!
Set a yoga matt out at a convenient place to get your sets of 20-30 crunches in.
As you get use to making a habit about fitting your ab-time in, up the number of crunches you do!!
No comments:
Post a Comment