From grease roll to washboard
AbShaper and Abswing: Turn on the TV and all kinds of fantastic abs products are flying around you. According to the advertising, these devices will ensure that you will soon have a washboard. In just three to five minutes a day. So easy?
According to the advertisement, these wonderful devices will soon have you walking around with a washboard. In just three to five minutes a day you will already have a flat, sexy, rock-hard stomach and a slim waist. So easy!
Impossible
It all sounds very appealing. Lose weight without starving yourself or sweating for hours on a treadmill. Sometimes you even just need to put on a lap belt or get started with electrodes and you can just hang out on the couch yourself.
However, users often quickly find out that your stomach thinks about it just as easily and also just hangs out. It is impossible to just make your belly thinner. When you lose weight, the fat disappears everywhere, with the most disappearing where the most is.
How do you get a washboard?
Effective weight loss and a flat stomach require more than five minutes of exercise per day. A responsible diet with lots of water, fruit and fiber, in combination with regular and active exercise, is the way to get that tight stomach.
Good abdominal muscle training also not only contributes to your figure, but also improves your posture. A strong abdomen relieves the lower back and thus ensures a better posture. Just do those abs exercises.
Getting Started: Abs Exercise
Lie on your back and keep your lower back slightly arched. If necessary, place a rolled towel under your lower back. Place your hands by the ears with your elbows pointing inward. Most people fold their hands behind their heads and pull on their heads to lift their backs off the ground. But of course that’s not how it should be.
A basic rule is that hands should not touch behind the head. It is best to place the fingers on the sides of the head and only use them as support for the neck muscles. Now raise your left shoulder slightly off the ground, turning your elbow inward. Without pulling your head or moving forward. Repeat this exercise with your right shoulder.
Ab-Roller
With the Ab-Roller you can perform a more controlled abs workout. This exercise has the same effect as the exercise above, only your neck is supported. Take a seat in the Ab-Roller, preferably on a soft, but firm surface. Put your feet on the floor, your knees are bent. Place your fingertips on the top bar of both hands.
Slowly make a short forward motion and then slowly move back. Keep tension on the abdominal muscles and do not go all the way back to resting position. Repeat this several times. When you go up you exhale, when you go down you inhale.
Lay elevator
Lie on your back and keep the lower back slightly hollow. If necessary, place a rolled towel under your lower back. Raise the legs a little bit at the same time. Lower legs and repeat. Try not to touch the ground again.
