How to do a Kip-Up or Kick-Up? The kip-up movement is one you must have noticed in nearly every martial arts movie. It involves getting up from the ground by kicking the legs forward in the air. You might also learn this skill if you joined any gymnastic or MMA class near your home. Some of the renowned celebrities like Bruce Lee, Akshay Kumar, Jackie Chan, and Jason Statham have performed the kick-up in their movies and during tournaments. It seems like a natural movement because they show it as if it's easy to do and a part of their fighting style. It can be easy to learn if you don’t give up easily, and then you can show it off to your friends and family members or just learn it as a handy fighting skill, especially during self-defense. 5 Steps to Learn a Kip-up or Kick-up Step 1: Stretching and Warm Up The first step before learning any new bodyweight exercise is warm-up and stretching. It is especially important when you are going to engage the relaxed muscles and trying to do...
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| Standing Up Abs Exercises | Day 22 | Part 1 |
Standing Up Abs Exercises | Day 22 | Part 1: Every workout deserves a change in process and procedure, until and unless the results are epic. Therefore, today we are going to fo a core workout completely standing above the ground. So, let's get started with it.
Standing Up Abs Exercises | Day 22 | Part 1
Exercise 1: Front Leg Lift Crunches [50 Reps]
In this exercise, you need to put your hands behind your head and lift one of your knees above the ground to touch your chest or upper body. At the same time, you need to crunch you upper body while keeping your hand behind your head in a forward motion. This will evidently compress the core muscles and even strengthen the muscles.
Exercise 2: Side To Side Arm Bends [50 Reps Each Side]
Keep your hands behind your head while you are standing straight above the ground. Now ben one of your hands towards the same side of the hand while keeping them behind your head. Do the same motion with the other hand.
Exercise 3: Cross Leg Crunches [50 Reps Each Side]
Like all the above exercises, you need to stand straight and keep your hands behind your head. Now touch the elbow of one hand with the opposite leg.
Exercise 4: Legs To Hand Touch [50 Reps Each Side]
This exercise doesn't require you to keep your hands behind your head. Instead, it requires you to keep your hands in front of you at the level of your hip. No touch the same side with the same side palm while your hands are straight. Do the same motion the other side too.
Exercise 5: Side Leg Lifts [50 Reps Each Side]
Stand straight and keep one of your hands straight too, while keeping the other hand close toward the hand which is straight. Now the lift leg of the hand which is sideways in the same side direction. Do the same thing with the other side too.
Exercise 6: Belly Twist [50 Reps Each Side]-Additional Exercise
This is an additional exercise apart from all the above exercise. This is particularly for affecting the love handles or obliques. Just raise your hands in front of your shoulder and keep them completely straight. Now move both of your hands in one direction, then come back to the centre and move them to the other side.
Your workout for the day is finished and I will be back tomorrow with a HIIT or high-intensity interval training home workout without any equipment. Also, the second part of standing up abs workout will be out on Tuesday at 5 p.m. (IST)