HANDS ON CHEST CRUNCHES FOR STRONG ABS

HAND CHEST CRUNCH

     PRIMARY TARGET : ABS MUSCLES

            OTHER MUSCLES : NIL

1.   Lie down flat on the ground in such a manner that your back and hips are acting as a base and touching the ground.

2.   Now, bend your knees at 90 degree angle.

3.   In this starting position, place your hands across your chest as shown above.

4.   Now, contract your belly by pulling your belly button towards your spine and pulling up your shoulder blades about 3-4 inches above the ground, as you exhale.

5.   Pause for a second in this position and Feel the stretching in your abdominal muscles.

6.   Slowly lower down your torso back to the starting position, as you inhale.

7.   Repeat as many times as recommended.

  

TIPS:

Ø During the exercise, keep your neck straight in a proper alignment.

Ø During the exercise, keep your back flat against the floor.

Ø Place your feet on a bench, if you have any back problem.

Ø Make a full control on your body during the exercise.

Ø For the sake of variation, you can do this exercise with weights, exercise ball or on a decline bench.

Ø Pace, while doing the exercise must be slow or medium.

PUSH-UPS (BODY WEIGHT) FOR CHEST

BODY WEIGHT PUSH UPS

     PRIMARY TARGET: CHEST(MAJOR PEC)

       OTHER MUSCLES : SHOULDERS(ANTERIOR),TRICEPS

1.   Lie down on the floor in the face down position, your  chest and thighs are touching the floor.

2.   Keep your feet together and palms are on the floor, at shoulder width apart.

3.   Now, pull your torso up with the help of your arms and toes strength.

4.   Slowly, lower your torso downward until your chest almost touches the floor as you inhale.

5.     Feel the stretching in your shoulder and chest muscles and Pause for a second in this position.

6.   Pull-up your upper body back to the starting position, as you exhale.

7.   Repeat as many times as recommended.

       TIPS:

Ø Don’t rest your torso on the floor during reps.

Ø To make this work out more effective for different muscles of chest, just decrease and increase the distance between your hands.

Ø Changing the distance, help you to target different chest muscles, a little differently with every single centimeter change.

Ø This exercise can also be performed with loading the heavy plates on your back.

Ø For the sake of variation, you can do this exercise in inclined, declined manner of your torso.

Ø Make a full control on your body during the whole exercise.

Ø Pace, while doing the exercise must be slow or medium.

INCLINED BENCH PRESS(DUMBELL) FOR CHEST

DUMBELL INCLINED BENCH  PRESS

     PRIMARY TARGET: CHEST(MAJOR PEC)

         OTHER MUSCLES : SHOULDERS ,TRICEPS

1.   Sit down on an inclined bench, with dumbells resting on your thighs and palms are facing each other.

2.   Raise  the dumbells up, just on the shoulders and lie back on the inclined bench.

3.   During the above movement rotate your wrists forward so that the palms of your hands are facing away from you.

4.   In this starting position, using maximum strength from your chest muscles, push the dumbells up your shoulders level as you exhale.

5.   Now your arms must be fully extended and locked.

6.   Pause for a second in this position and feel the contraction in your chest muscles.

7.   Now slowly lower the dumbells down to the middle of chest, while inhaling.

8.   Repeat as many times as recommended.

  TIPS :

Ø To make this work out more effective for different muscles of chest, adjust different inclination angles of the inclined bench.

Ø Changing the inclined bench angle helps you to hit the different muscles of chest a little differently with every single degree change.

Ø This exercise can also be performed with the palms of the hands facing each other.

Ø Don't try to increase the pace which may lead to bounce the dumbells on your chest.

Ø Make a full control on the dumbells during the whole exercise.

Ø Pace, while doing the exercise must be slow or medium.

SHRUGS WITH BARBELL FOR SHOULDERS

BARBELL SHRUGS

     PRIMARY TARGET: TRAPS

      OTHER MUSCLES : SHOULDER

   

1.   Hold a barbell  with both the hands and stand straight.

2.   Your hands  on the barbell should be a little wider than shoulder width apart.

3.   In this starting position, barbell is at the middle of thighs height from the ground and palms are facing your thighs.

4.   Gently roll your shoulders in the upward direction.

5.   Raise your shoulders up as far as you can,while exhaling-out.

6.   Pause for a second in this position and feel the contraction in your traps and shoulders.

7.   Again come back to the starting position, while inhaling.

8.   Repeat as many times as recommended.

               

 TIPS:

Ø Use wrist wraps for a better grip.

Ø This exercise can  also be performed with the heavy weight plate, the barbell behind the back, dumbbells by the side and with a shrug machine.

Ø To make  this exercise  more effective for different regions of traps and deltoids, gently roll your shoulders forward, up, back, and down instead of doing just up and down movements.

Ø This exercise is found to be a big cause of back-disk problems, so try to do it under trainer’s  guidance.

Ø Keep your whole body as straight as possible during the whole exercise.

Ø Pace, while doing the exercise must be slow or medium.

SHOULDERS UPRIGHT ROW WITH BARBELL

    

BARBELL UPRIGHT ROW

     PRIMARY TARGET: SHOULDER MUSCLES

      OTHER MUSCLES : TRAPEZIUS,BICEPS

   

1.   Hold a bar with shoulder width or slightly narrower overhand grip and hold it firmly.

2.   The bar should be rested on the front side of your thighs with the palm of your hands facing your thighs.

3.   Pull bar to neck until the bar is nearly in line with your chin, with elbows leading, while exhaling out.

4.   The bar should be close to the body as you move it up.

5.   Allow wrists to flex as bar rises.

6.   Pause for a second in this position and feel the contraction in the shoulders.

7.   Lower the bar back down slowly to the starting position.  As you inhale.

8.   Repeat as many times as recommended .

TIPS:

Ø Lift as much weight as you can do with smooth form. As too much weight leads to a bad form.

Ø This exercise  can also be performed using an e-z bar, cables and exercise band.

Ø Be careful ,while doing this exercise, as the barbell upright row is one among the big reasons for shoulders and back injuries.

Ø Pace, while doing the exercise must be slow or medium.

Ø Your elbows should drive the motion. While doing this exercise.

Ø  Your elbow must always be higher than your forearm.

REAR LATERAL RAISE FOR SHOULDERS

    

REAR LATERAL DELTOID RAISE

     PRIMARY TARGET: SHOULDER MUSCLES

      OTHER MUSCLES : TRAPEZIUS,UPPER BACK

   

1.   Pick dumbell in both hands and hold them firmly.

2.   Lean forward on an inclined  bench while keeping your back flat and rest your torso on the bench.

3.   In the starting position dumbells are just below your face at a distance of your straight hand length.

4.   Raise upper arms to sides until elbows are at shoulders height.

5.   Maintain upper arms perpendicular to torso and fixed elbow position (10° to 30° angle) throughout exercise while exhaling out.

6.   Pause for a second in this position and feel the contraction in the shoulders.

7.   Slowly come down back to the starting position as you inhale.

1.   Repeat as many times as recommended .

TIPS:

Ø This exercise is a best way to target the 'posture' muscles of the upper back, including the rhomboids, the trapezius muscles and even the rear shoulders.

Ø Elbows are kept slightly bent (10° to 30° angle) throughout movement.

Ø To exercise posterior deltoid and not lateral deltoid, keep torso close to horizontal.

Ø Positioning torso at 45° is not sufficient angle to target posterior deltoids.

Ø Pace, while doing alternative up-down movements  must be slow or medium.

Ø Keep your abs contracted throughout the movement.

Ø Lead with the elbows rather than the hands or wrists.

FRONT RAISE FOR SHOULDERS

FRONT DELTOID RAISE

     PRIMARY TARGET: SHOULDER MUSCLES

      OTHER MUSCLES:TRICEPS,BICEPS,FOREARM

   

1.   Pick dumbells in both hands and stand straight.

2.   Hold dumbells in both hands firmly.

3.   Position dumbells in front of thighs with elbows straight or slightly bent.

4.   Raise dumbbell with  single hand alternatively.

5.   While exhaling Raise the dumbell to the Height just above horizontal i.e. the height of your shoulders.

6.   Pause for a second in this position and slowly come down back to the starting position as you inhale.

7.   Repeat as many times as recommended .

TIPS:

Ø This exercise can be done either in sitting position or standing position. but standing position is considered  more effective.

Ø Dumbells are more effective as compare to  barbell, because dumbbells  will challenge each arm independently.

Ø Elbows are kept straight or slightly bent throughout the movement.

Ø Pace, while doing alternative up-down movements  must be slow or medium.

WOMEN FITNESS CORNER

WOMEN FITNESS  

Healthy mind is the key for overall development. Our changing life style, shortage of time , greed for money and many other factors ,lead to lose of our health. Fast food and sedentary lifestyles are robbing women of their good health and stripping them of their self-esteem.

WHY FITNESS IS REQUIRED FOR WOMEN?

Ø Attractive figure gives you preference in all working fields

Ø If you are fit, you will act as the source of inspiration for others.

Ø It will boost up you with confidence, which is the key to success

Ø You will feel active And energetic during the whole day

Ø You don’t have a need to express your presence, ultimately everyone have the eyes on you.

Ø You will look good in snaps

TIPS FOR WOMEN FITNESS

1.  DON’T NEGLECT WEIGHT TRAINING

     In the world of women fitness there is a myth that for nice curves and nice figure women has to emphasize more on cardio than weight training. But women you must have to make a good balance between both of them. As it is being proved that nothing is more effective than weight training.

   

2. JOIN GYM, YOGA OR AEROBIC  CLASSES

Try to live in the atmosphere of health and nutrition conscious people. It is the fact that if you use to live in the social environment of fit and healthy people, you will try to copy their routine and automatically day by day you will get into the track of the fitness like them.

3. FOLLOW AN EFFECTIVE WORKOUT     ROUTINE 

   

Working out three to five times a week in 30-60 minute sessions is good for women, drag out these minutes from your busy schedules. If you don’t find any partner in the gym, workout under a personal trainer, which will definitely lead to fast results. Working out twice a week at twenty minutes per session will put you on the right track.

4. WORKOUT EFFECTIVENESS DOESN'T   

    CHANGE WITH SEX (MALE/FEMALE)

This is often misunderstood that women should train with light weights for best results, but the fact is that workout benefits remains same for both sexes. Women those are going to gym for good body curves must choose weights for training to the top of their body potentials. They must also follow the correct workout routine for all body parts for fast and best results.

5. NEITHER UNDER TRAIN NOR 

     OVERTRAIN

Ø For the effectiveness of workout Women should do it at 75-85% of their maximum heart rate.

Ø Don’t let your heart rate get slow down ,it just shows that you are not training yourself at your best, which automatically leads to slow and minimum results.

Ø Too  high heart rate shows that you're pushing yourself beyond your body limits and lead into a potentially dangerous level, which often results into faintness.

Ø HEART RATE MONITOR must be used during your workout to ensure that you're reaching, but not exceeding, your ideal target heart rate.

6. STOP COMPARING YOURSELF

It is often found in women that they have much problems with their egos ,which acts as one of the major hindrance towards their fitness in the gym.So don’t compare yourself with any woman ,who is more attractive and fit then you. Just concentrate on your workout. Act positively, take tips and motivation from her .

DON’T COMPARE YOURSELF WITH ANY ONE, BY DOING SO YOU ARE JUST INSULTING YOURSELF

          “ BECAUSE YOU ARE THE BEST ”