Pull-Up: How to Do Your First One? The pull-up is a great exercise for building back and arm muscles. It directly engages them whilst building strength and stamina. Moreover, the pull-up exercise is commonly performed by beginner and advanced-level athletes, especially in gymnastics, bodybuilding, and calisthenics. The pull-ups also help build hand strength and grip, which can prove beneficial for other exercises such as chin-ups, handwalks, handstands, human flags, etc., which are practiced mainly by calisthenics and gymnastics professionals. How to Do Your First Pull-Up? Dead Hangs The dead hang exercise requires you to hang from the pull-up bar with your feet hanging in the air without any support. You can either grab the pull-up bar by jumping from the ground, by jumping, or using a stepper, or by using other exercise equipment to reach the pull-up bar, hold it with your grip, and then, keeping your legs hanging in the air. Doing the dead hang exercise for one minute or more would...
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| Abs Workout | Abs Exercises | Beginners Guide To Six Pack (Day 37) |
Abs Workout | Abs Exercises | Beginners Guide To Six Pack (Day 37)
Exercise 1: Leg Raises (20 Reps)
- Lie down completely straight with your back facing the ground
- Keep your hands behind your head or beside your upper body
- Raise both of your legs up in the air and then bring them down but don't touch the ground
- Keep raising as well as relaxing your legs up and down
Exercise 2: Crunches (20 Reps)
- Lie down with your back facing the ground and tuck your legs as close to your body as possible
- Keep both of your hands behind your head
- Lift your body up while looking in the upward direction
- Bring your upper body back to its original position
Exercise 3: Bicycles or Elbow to Knee Crunches (20 Reps Each Side)
- Lie down with your whole body completely straight on the ground
- Lift your hands and keep them behind your head
- Keep both of your legs completely straight and in the air
- Move the opposite side elbow towards the opposite side knee
- Do the elbow and knee movement one at a time with both of your hands as well as legs
- Keep the other side leg completely straight in the air and move it only once you are trying to bring the other bent leg back to its original posture
Exercise 4: Reverse Crunches (20 Reps)
- Lay down on the ground with your back touching the ground and your knees tucked as well as close to your body
- Bend your legs towards your stomach and then bring them back to their original position
Exercise 5: Leg Up Reverse Crunch
- Bring your body in reverse crunch position by keeping your legs tucked and close to you as well as lying down straight on the ground
- Keep one of your legs over the other such that they look or seem overlapped
- Bring your legs towards your stomach and complete 20 reps
- Alternate your legs and repeat the crunch movement with the other side legs too
Exercise 6: Boxing Crunches (20 Reps Both Sides)
- Bring your body in a normal ab crunch posture but don't keep your hands behind your head. Instead, keep them beside your upper body.
- Box one of your arms to the opposite side leg and raise your upper body above the ground
- Box the opposite side arm towards the opposite side leg and raise your upper body again
- Complete by boxing 20 times each side
Exercise 7: Slide Up Crunches (20 Reps)
- Bring your body in a normal ab crunch position but just keep your hands on your legs
- Slide both of your hands up in the air as you crunch upward
Exercise 8: Half Bicycles (20 Reps)
- Lie down on the ground in a usual ab crunch posture but tuck your in the air
- Move them outward one at a time and then bring them back
- Move the other leg outward direction only once the previous leg has been tucked inward
Exercise 9: Toe Touch Crunches (20 Reps)
- Keep your body completely on the straight on the ground with your stomach facing upward
- Raise your upper body and rise up above the ground to touch your toes
- Once you have touched your toes then lie back down completely straight on the ground
Exercise 10: Side To Side Toe Touch Crunches (20 Reps)
- Tuck your legs inward by bending your knees
- Keep the rest of your body completely straight with your back facing the ground
- Touch either side of your leg toes with the help of your hands
- Come back to the original straight posture and then bend sideways to the other end and touch the other side toe with the other side hand
