Tag: Workout

Turn that flab around your waist to fab in 30 days

Have you been munching on your favourite snacks lately and now can’t fit in your jeans? If yes, then this is the best time to start working on your fitness. One thing that most people find ugly and hard to get rid of is belly fat and apart from that, it also puts you at a higher risk of developing diseases like Type 2 Diabetes.

Here are few exercises to melt down that flab around your waist :- 

1. Plank 

Whether you workout or not, you must have heard of this exercise. This is undoubtedly one of the best exercises for core muscles.

To do this, go down on the floor and raise your body parallel to the floor by putting your weight on the forearms while bending your elbows.

Don’t forget to suck in your belly button as much as you can and hold on this position for 30 seconds.

Repeat it atleast 5 times.

2. Side Plank

This one is a bit tougher but the tougher it is, the better it will hit that flab. 

To perform this exercise, extend your legs and lie down on your right side such that your feet and hips rest on the floor on top of each other on your left side. Your left elbow should be placed under your shoulder. Suck in your belly and lift your hips and knees off the floor. Hold on for 10 seconds, then repeat on the other side. 

Do 5 repeitions on each side.

3. Sit – Ups :-

This boosts your core strength and improve digestion. 

Lie down on your back, facing the ceiling with a slight bend in your knees. Arms are to be bent at the elbows with your head by the ears. lift your upper body by engaging your core so that your elbow touches your knee.  Then, go back and repeat. Don’t forget to contract your core muscles.

Do 15 repetitions.

4. Russian Twist

Sit with bent knees, feet touching the floor firmly. Sit back slightly, keeping your back erect and exhale as you twist to the right, touching the floor with your hands lightly, over the right side. Inhale and go back to the starting position and do the same on opposite side.

Do 25 repetitions on each side.

5. Crunches

Lie on your back on the floor. Bend your knees so that your feet touches the floor. Put your hands on the back of your neck and lift your upper body while sucking in your belly button.

Do 25 repetitions of this one.

And you are done for the day. It will hardly take 20 minutes of your day. Do these exercises religiously for thirty days and notice the change.

Fitness in lockdown

The lockdown across the whole nation during Covid-19 pandemic has changed everyone’s lifestyle completely. Doctors advice to boost immunity for saving ourselves from falling prey to coronavirus and it is scientifically proven that physical activities, playing sports and working out.

We cannot go out for morning walks or play outside. Also the gyms are closed, so the most effective way of being active and boosting immunity, in present times, is yoga and home workouts.

The first step towards making exercises a part of our daily life is motivation and what could be more motivating than saving our life from coronavirus. Secondly, choose a good virtual trainer or filter out some workouts from YouTube. The fitness apps are also a good choice. 

Begin with light exercises for a shorter duration, just 20 minutes is also enough. Don’t go for heavy weight exercises, as they could cause injury, in the physical absence of trainer, instead go for bodyweight exercises that could be managed with virtual assistance. But stop when you start feeling pain, headaches and fatigue, as this suggests that you’re overdoing it. Lastly, try to enjoy these exercises, adding music can be very helpful, too.