Jun
12
10 Quick Ways to Go from Fat to Firm – Tip #8 Bust your gut on a ball
Filed Under Health, Image & Brand
If you have been busy at work all Spring and have strayed from the gym, yet still want to get your body ready for the beach this Summer, I thought I would share 10 quick fitness tips I learned from reading the FitnessMagazine.com article 10 Quick Ways to Go from Fat to Firm over the next few weeks.
Here is Tip #8…
Bust your gut on a ball
“Exercising on a stability ball forces you to engage all of your abdominal and lower-back muscles,” explains Sue Fleming, fitness expert and author of Fashionably Buff. One of our fave moves: plank pose on the ball. Begin in a plank position — palms on floor directly below shoulders, back straight, abs engaged, body parallel with floor, legs extended with feet on ball. Hold for 30 to 60 seconds, keeping abs tight; relax.
