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...
Abs Workout | Abs Exercises | Home Workout| Day 47: Today we are going to do abs workout at home without using any equipment.
Abs Workout | Abs Exercises | Home Workout| Day 47
Exercise 1: Leg Raises
Leg raises are one of the easiest yet most effective abs exercises. But, today we are going to make our abs workout session intense by doing 200 leg raises. Here is how you can do it:
- Lie down with your back towards the ground.
- Keep your legs straight and joint together, but don't let any 1 of the legs support the other leg.
- Keep your hands behind your head or beside your hips.
- Raise both of your legs together and then bring them back in the stationary position.
- Divide your reps intos sets and keep moving your legs up and down until you have completed 200 reps.
Once you have finished with 200 reps, then move onto the next exercise.
Exercise 2: Crunches/ Situps (200 Reps)
On our usual days, we have done 50-100 reps. But today, we are going to do 200 crunches or sit-ups. Here is how you can do sit-ups:
- Lie down with your back facing the ground.
- Fold your legs such that your knees are facing upwards.
- Move your legs close to your hips.
- Keep your hands behind your head or straight above your legs.
- Raise your upper body and keep looking towards the roof or sky.
Tip: Do sit-ups carefully and try not to put pressure on your neck or lower back. Move your legs close to your hips as soon as they get far away from your hips. Divide 100 reps into sets and do only as much as your body can sustain.
Move to the next exercise after completing 100 reps.
Exercise 3: Side to Side Toe Touch (200 Reps)
Side to side toe touch abs exercise is good for losing love handles or oblique fat. Here is how you can do it:
- Lie down on the ground in a sit-up position.
- Keep your hands beside your hips.
- Tilt your body one side and then touch your toes with the same side hand.
- Bring yourself to the original position and tilt to the other side to touch with your other hand.
Tip: Try to move slowly and put pressure on your oblique fat. Complete 100 reps each side, and then move onto the next exercise.
Exercise 4: Plank (200 Seconds)
Although you might have heard a lot that plank isn't an effective exercise, however, it is actually very helpful to burn belly fat. So, here is how you can do it:
- Lie down on the ground with your chest facing the ground.
- Fold your arms, and raise the body above the ground.
- Keep your toes straight when you raise your body above the ground.
- Be in this stationary position for 200 seconds.
Tip: Keep your back straight and try not to bring your legs or lower back close to the ground. Divide 200 reps into sets. Once you have completed the sets, then move to the next exercise.
Exercise 5: Side Plank (200 Seconds)
Once you have finished with the previous exercise then take a break of 15-30 seconds and move to the other side. Here is how you can do side planks:
- Lie down sideways, and fold your arm and raise your body with the help of it and your legs.
- Do 100 seconds each side, and then wrap up your workout session.
Tip: Divide your seconds into reps and do as many seconds you can do in each set.
Check out the below video to learn more about the workout:
Check out the below video to learn more about the workout:
