The 29 Hardest Ab Exercises Slideshow Travis McCoy/travismccoy.com Overview Think you’re hardcore -- or that you have a hard core? Prove it! These 41 midsection-mangling moves are some of the most advanced on the planet. They’ll help strengthen your torso from a variety of angles and in a variety of ways so you’ll be ready for all the movements initiated by your core -- which is just about every move you make! 1. Don’t let this one fool you: It may look and sound a little silly, but it’s hard work. The Science of Amazing Abs 2. While this exercise doesn't target your abs, per se, it does target other core muscles like the glutes and hips. 20 Best Muscle-Building Foods 3. No list of advanced core moves would be complete without an example from the “300” workout. The 15 Toughest Do-Anywhere Workout Moves 4. Holding a plank -- especially on your forearms -- is probably a piece of cake by now. Sign Up to Receive the FREE Livestrong.com Weekly Newsletter! 5. The Cardio Abs Workout 6. How to Stay Motivated to Get Six-Pack Abs 7. 8. 9.
Get Sleek, Toned Arms Here's something you'll love to learn: Your shoulders and upper back tend to carry less fat than the rest of your body, so the right exercises can give this area a nearly instant makeover, says Ramona Braganza, a celebrity trainer who has worked with stars such as Anne Hathaway and Jessica Alba. Braganza's workout, below, hits every major upper-body muscle and will help stabilize your shoulder joints, improve your posture, and build that strong, toned look you're after. Using five-to eight-pound weights, perform 15 to 20 reps of each exercise and go from one move to the next with little or no rest between. Do two or three sets three times a week. Hold it right there: Build strength with this muscle-isolating isometric workout. Four Top-Tier Moves 1. Grab a pair of dumbbells and stand with your feet hip-width apart and your knees bent. 2. Hold a pair of dumbbells at your sides, palms facing forward, and keep your back straight and chest up (a). 3. 4.
5 Quick Fixes for Anything That Jiggles We’ve all got a soft spot that bugs us. One of these moves will firm it up. Here’s a fact about flab: It results not only from lack of muscle tone but also from excess body fat. “You could do 1,005 crunches, but if you don’t do enough cardio, you’ll just have very toned muscles under a blanket of fat,” says Johanna Subotovsky, learning manager at Equinox Fitness. HELP FOR: Bra bulge To get rid of the little roll that spills over your bra strap in the back, try bent-over rows. Stand next to a chair with a dumbbell in right hand. HELP FOR:Inner- and outer- thigh mushiness The hips and thighs are the first place most women tend to store fat and the last place they lose it. With hands on hips, step forward with right foot and lunge (don’t let knee go past toes); return to start. HELP FOR:Underarm flab Triceps respond fast to exercise and fat loss, which means that you could see a change here in just a few weeks with chair dips. HELP FOR:Armpit overhang HELP FOR:Belly pooch Read More!
You Know You Want Sexy Abs! The next month or two of work on Xanga 2.0 is going to be busy, so I wanted to share with everyone a roadmap of how we’re thinking about things! We’re dividing the work on this project into four basic phases. Phase 1. Data migration As described here, we’ve imported over every account that we have on Xanga over to the new system so that anyone who could sign into Xanga can still sign into Xanga 2.0. (Try it here!) Finally and most important of all, we’ve imported over 2 million blogs from the old system. * We’ve archived the blogs of the hundreds of thousands of blogs where the user has logged in in the past 5 years and has at least two subscribers. * We did an additional set of archives for 200k users who had logged in the past year and had at least 10 blogs. * We’ve also archived the blogs of every single user that’s ever been premium at any point in the past… And of course, a lot of you guys archived your own blogs using the old Xanga archive generator. Phase 2. Phase 3. Phase 4.
Get Off Your Butt: 16 Ways to Get Motivated When You're in a Slump By Leo Babauta Even the most motivated of us — you, me, Tony Robbins — can feel unmotivated at times. In fact, sometimes we get into such a slump that even thinking about making positive changes seems too difficult. But it’s not hopeless: with some small steps, baby ones in fact, you can get started down the road to positive change. Yes, I know, it seems impossible at times. You don’t feel like doing anything. This post was inspired by reader Roy C. “I was wondering if you could do a piece on why it can be hard for someone to change direction and start taking control of their life. Roy is just one of many with a slump like that. When I fall out of exercise, due to illness or injury or disruption from things going on in my life, it’s hard to get started again. One Goal.
Butt Exercises Pictures Slideshow: How to Get Slim and Shapely Glutes on MedicineNet 1) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 2) 3D4Medical.com 3) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 4) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 5) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 6) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 7) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 8) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 9) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 10) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 11) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 12) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 13) Steve Pomberg/WebMD 14) Noah Clayton/Workbook Stock 15) Altrendo Images 16) Purestock 17) Jupiterimages 18) Caroline Woodham/Digital Vision 19) Medioimages 20) Tom Schierlitz/Stone 21) Jed Share and Kaoru/Flirt Collection 22) Liane Ri/Getty American Council on Exercise: "Mountain Climbers," "Side Lunge," "Side Lying Hip Abduction." Marilyn Gansel, founder, Fitness Matters personal training studios, Stanford and Kent, Conn. Dori Ricci, NASM, CPT. Janet Roget, NASM, certified personal trainer, Little Rock, Ark. Jonathan Ross, NSCA, NASM, ACE personal trainer; speaker; consultant; owner, Aion Fitness, Bowie, Md. Paul Sorace, MA, CSCS, ACSM RCEP, exercise physiologist, trainer, Bayonne, N.J. © 2014 WebMD, LLC.
Sexy Legs Workout Posted by Cags R under Fitness & Training on 21 November 2012 at 1:00 AM With the holiday season fast approaching, you want to make sure your thighs and calves look hot in the tights for your elf costume - right fellas? That's why this week we're challenging you to this fast and effective bodyweight workout which will strengthen your legs - and as we all know, strong is sexy! Check out how to make the most of this workout for your lower abs, glutes and legs with this guide: how to perform exercises for the sexy legs workout and add the workout to your training now! Get more advice and Challenge ideas by signing up to Tribesports - it's free, fun and most importantly fitness focused!
Kneeling Roundhouse Kick - Top 10 Moves for Thinner Thighs - Shape Magazine - Page 8 This kickboxing inspired move is a great way to shape and tone the outer hips and thighs. How to do it: Start kneeling on all fours (on carpet or a mat) with your arms extended under your shoulders and knees bent under your hips. Lift your left knee off the floor, bending your left heel in closer to your body [A]. Next, lift left knee (keeping it bent) straight out to the side of your body, trying to bring it up to hip height [B]. From here, extend your leg straight out, pointing your toe, shin and shoelaces facing forward [C]. Quick Form Tip: Draw your abs in tight and try not to lean away from your legs as you lift it into your kick—press both arms strong into the floor, keeping hips square. You can use your keyboard to see the next slide ( ← previous, → next) Slim, strengthen, and define your thighs with this power circuit! Promo Subtitle Image Alt Text Woman's legs Title Text Top 10 Moves for Thinner Thighs Media Folder: Media Root By Jessica Smith Topics: FeaturedTopic: leg workouts