Lazy Girl's Guide to Your Best Abs

[solong2010]

Hehe I thought this was really interesting. These basically just have you contract your ab muscles while you're sitting around and stuff. You should try it out xD Enjoy!

Instyle Magazine June 2008
"The Lazy Girl's Guide to your Best Abs"

Now that summer's heating up, it's hard to think about toning your tummy when all you want to
do is lounge around.But with these no-sweat exercises and our speed-read of the latest ab-diet
books, you can do both.

Take a Break !
Experts say if you these easy moves for 10 to 20 minutes, three times a week, you'll see results in less than a month. .

Read a novel while you . . lie on your back on a floor mat with legs bent, feet flat. Exhale as you pull in at your navel and bottom slightly up, advises hollywood trainer Jenna Phillips. Hold, then inhale as you release. Do two sets of 10 reps.

Surf You Tube and . . sit your back in your chair and tighten your abs as if bracing for a punch. "Don't suck in or push out -hold tight for five seconds," says Missy Beaver, who trains Katherine Heigl. Exhale, but don't slouch ! Do two sets of five reps.

As your mani- pedi dries. . sit tall on the edge of your chair with knees bent and the feet on the floor. Contract your abs and use them ( not your hip flexor ) to raise one bent leg about four inches off the floor. Lower and alternate legs for 10 reps each. "This creates those pretty, vertical ab lines," says Kacy Duke, whose clients include Julianne Moore and Tyra Banks.

Watch TV while you . . stand tall with your arms raised straight overhead. Contract your abs and then slowly draw a circle in the air with your outstretched arms. "Make the move- ment from your torso and you'll feel different areas of your abs engage," says Gabe Valencia of Manhattan's Focus Integrated Fitness, where Beyonce has trained. Do eight reps in one direction and reverse.

Tan your back at the beach and. . Put a beach ball between your feet. Keep your legs straight, forehead resting on crossed forearms. "Imagine pulling your belly button toward your spine as you squeeze the ball and lift until your thighs raise off the ground," recommends Sascha Ferguson, owner of Absolution in Los Angeles, where Faith Hill works out. Relax and lower. Do two reps of 10.

Too good to be true ? Equinox Fitness now offers the ultimate lazy-girl lure: While you read a msg or doze, the Body Melt spa treatment uses low-level electrical currents to zap your abs intensely as half an hour of crunches would-or so they say. "You won't do much damage, but there won't be significant positive results either," says Miami dermatologist Heather Woolery-Lloyd.

Credits: Instyle Magazine & christinaisweird@illustrious forum

[jiamei]

I still say that all that requires too much effort. >___> Tehehe.