Your abdominal muscles (abs) sit between your ribcage and your pelvis. Along with your back muscles, they help form the part of your body called the core. The core helps you stay balanced and keeps your spine protected. Most common physical activities — such as walking or running — rely on a strong core.
Many people neglect to exercise their abdominal muscles. Doing so can lead to health problems such as obesity, bad posture, and weakness. Therefore, it’s important to exercise your abs to make sure they stay strong.
Some of the most common ab exercises target your lower abdominal muscles. This is one area where fat is stored in the body. Body fat is needed to some extent, to help you stay warm and equipped with enough energy-burning material. However, too much body fat is not good.
Lower abdominal exercises focus on tightening and strengthening the abdominal area. If worked enough, they can also help you lose belly fat and harden to form defined muscles called a six-pack.
EXERCISES TO HELP LOWER ABS
The goal of these exercises is to target key parts of the lower abs and strengthen them to improve posture, stability, and balance in daily activity.
Most lower ab exercises can be done without extra equipment. However, some of the moves listed below do require sliders or towels.
1. Mountain Climbers
Mountain climbers work your entire body as well as your core. They are a form of cardio as well-meaning, they increase your heart rate when you do them.
2. Lying Leg Raises
This exercise strengthens your lower abs but doesn’t require you to hold yourself up while you do so. Instead, lie on your back with legs extended, feet together. Rest the palms of your hands on either side of your body.
3. Crunches
When people think of lower ab exercises, they often think of crunches. These low-impact exercises target your upper abs and your lower abs. However, they likely won’t help you lose weight because they don’t make you burn a lot of calories. Nevertheless, they are a good place to start if you want to strengthen your abs.
4. Scissor Kicks
This exercise is similar to the lying leg raise workout. However, you lift one leg at a time rather than both together.
5. Knee Tucks (With Sliders or Exercise Ball)
For this exercise, you’ll need towels or sliders. Assume a plank position and place both of your feet on the towels or sliders.
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