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Abdominal Muscle Exercises
Abdominal muscle exercises are many and varied. Pendulum Crunches is a mighty little exercise that can pack a punch to your abdominal muscles. Not only do the Pendulum Crunches work the entire core but they can work you hip flexors as well. You can always modify this exercise to make it harder or easier.
- Lay supine on the mat.
- Open your arms out to a T on the sides locking the elbows on the floor.
- Lift your knees to 90 degrees.
- Engage the abdominal muscles.
- Slowly roll your legs to the right.
- Keep your shoulder blades on the mat, so watch how low the legs roll.
- Bring the knees back to center and roll them to the left.
- Alternate sides.
To make this exercise harder, extend the legs up to 90 degrees, and keep them extended as you roll side to side, maintaining the shoulders blades on the mat. You can use a stability ball between your legs to also increase the intensity.
As you know, abdominal muscle exercises strengthens your core. Like any other muscle group you need to keep the variety in the exercises, to achieve maximum results!
Not all abdominal muscle exercises are equal. There are some exercises that are just good for your obliques. There are abdominal exercises that target the lower abdominal area, and those that target mostly the upper abdominal area.
Abdominal muscle exercises that twists will target your obliques, or the sides of your waist. An abdominal muscle exercise that makes you lift your butt off the floor or lowers the legs, works the lower abdominal area. Likewise, abdominal exercises that lengthen the arms over head or concentrates on lifting the upper body and shoulders off the mat, are good for the upper abdominal region. That is why you should incorporate more than one type of abdominal muscle exercises into your routines.