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Bodyweight Exercises For Massive Strength, Endurance and Abdominal Conditioning!

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Bodyweight Exercises For Massive Strength, Endurance and Abdominal Conditioning!By Stevey Mcgeown

Superfast Workout!

As you will know by this stage of the game, I am a hard core advocate of using bodyweight exercises to build strength, endurance, superb abdominal and total body conditioning.

Bodyweight exercises begin with your basic push-up and squats, and then move on to a higher and more intense and effective levels.

You will recognise some of these exercises, however I suspect were never shown any particularly useful routines or programs that are necessary to give you a total body workout.

Why not test the following routine, and see what it does for you. It could be the beginning of a new you.

Begin with a few deep breaths -

1) Squats - stand with your feet shoulder width apart, and squat down as though sitting on a chair, pause at the bottom, and rise powerfully. Aim to perform 20-30 repetitions,

2) Push-ups/ press-ups - assume the standard press-up position and go for 20-30 repetitions. If you feel that this is difficult, bring your knees to the floorand do the assisted press-up.

If you feel that this is too easy, do your press-ups super slow ie count 4 going down, and 4 going up, and go to exhaustion,

3) crunches - lie on your back on the floor, and curl your upper body from the floor using abdominal strength only. Again aim to do 20 repetitions.

DO THIS SET OF EXERCISES 3 TIMES AND REMEMBER TO ENJOY - THE HARDER YOU WORK THE MORE YOU'LL ENJOY IT!

Finish with a few of minutes of light stretching.

To find out if you have what it takes, then go to http://www.truecorestrength.com and get your Free 7 part Report on True Core Strength - a feast of bodyweight exercises to kick butt, and get you into the greatest shape of your Life.

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Learn How to Truly Build Extraordinary Core Strength With This System of Bodyweight Exercises

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Learn How to Truly Build Extraordinary Core Strength With This System of Body weight ExercisesBy Stevey Mcgeown

PART 4 - TRUE CORE STRENGTH.

BUILD A STEEL-LIKE CORE WITH THE POKER!

This is a superb exercise for conditioning the gut, and adding strength to the whole body.

It will get you the results you desire.

Similar to the Plank exercise in looks, however thats where it ends. This position when performed correctly will really blast the fat or adipose tissue from your body, build sensational inner strength, and your energy will go through the roof!

Before we begin, a quick recap of the previous exercises -

1) Deep Breathing/ The Stomach Pump

2)The Superman

3) Power Reverse Crunch

......and now...

THE POKER

To begin, assume the press-up position, except in place of the palms of your hands resting on the floor, you want to close your fists, and bring your elbows and forearms to the floor.

Raise your head and look forward as you aim to hold this position for one minute. This describes the typical Plank posture.

Now comes the key to the infinitelysuperior Poker. As you breathe in suck your stomach toward your spine, and lock it there. Breathe in deeply and out fully and forcefully through the nostrils, while at the same time contracting your abdominal muscles like crazy. Remember to hold the lock on your abdominals hard.

By performing this exercise regularly, you will develop a core like steel, and muscles like a racehorse.

Aim to hold for 1 minute initially, and build to 2 minutes with practice.

A rock solid core is within your reach, and with this knowledge of this small known exercise is more achievable than ever before.

To find out if you have what it takes, then go to http://www.truecorestrength.com and get your Free 7 part Report on True Core Strength - a feast of bodyweight exercises to kick butt, and get you into the greatest shape of your Life.

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Ab Exercises - Why Sit Ups & Crunches Are Bad For You

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Ab Exercises - Why Sit Ups & Crunches Are Bad For YouBy Rena Wong

Sit-up is the most chic / stylish / trendy / hip / cool AND yet, the worst abdominal (ab) exercise. Most people don't know that sit-up is not a true abdominal (ab) exercise. When performing a sit-up, your main trunk flexor, the iliopsoas muscle, often does the majority of the work while the abdominals (abs) are not fully recruited.

The iliopsoas muscles originates on the lower back so it pulls on the lower back during every repetition of sit-up, especially and particulary when your feet are held down or anchored, or repetitions are performed in a jerky manner. Too many sit-ups can lead to strength imbalance between iliopsoas and abs, poor posture and lower back pain.

People who hold weights while doing sit-ups think that helps to build their abs. Unfortunately, they increase the chances of lower back injury significantly. The iliopsoas muscles work much harder and place even more strain on the lower back than bodyweight sit-ups. Additional weight may lead to poor exercise form, thus amplifying the likelihood of injury.

Crunches are another common abdominal (ab) exercise. Doing hundreds of crunches alone and regularly can pull your head forward and leave your spine slightly flexed (leading to hunch back). You end up with poor postureand lower back pain.

If you don't overuse crunches, they can still be an effective abdominal (ab) exercise. Vary your abdominal (ab) workout just like you vary your cardio and strength training exercise.

There are plenty of safe and effective abdominal (ab) exercises for conditioning and strengthening your abs, which many people are not aware of. They include total body exercises that work the abdominals (abs) and swiss ball workout.

Believe it or not, you can develop amazing abdominals (abs) without ever doing a single sit-up!

Learn 2 types of ab exercises to develop sexy abdominals (abs) without compromising your back. These ab exercises work your abdominals (abs) and strengthen your core muscles at the same time. Lose the sit-ups and endless crunches before more damage is done!