Exercises for the "AWESOME ABS"

Before you begin an exercise routine for your abdominals, read the following comments carefully.

All the exercises in this program are designed to strengthen your abdominal muscles by using a developmental plan starting with relatively easy exercises and progressing to more difficult ones. The exercises are designed to bring you to a high level of fitness while maintaining a safe, positive way to exercise these important muscle groups. Don’t do all of them during your exercise session, just two or three, depending on your abdominal strength. Start with exercise 1 and do 3 sets of 25 sit-ups. Then do the same with exercise 2. STOP! If these two exercises are easy for you, do exercises 2 and 3 the next time you work out, then exercises 3 and 4 and so on until you can do exercises 9 and 10. In other words, you should work on two of these exercises three times a week to strengthen this area of your body.

REMEMBER:

These exercises are designed to provide a natural progression from easy to difficult. Don’t force yourself to do the more advanced exercises until you’re ready for them. You probably will start with the first and second exercises but may progress quickly to a combination of 3 and 4 or 4 and 5. Ultimately, you will want to be doing exercises 9 and 10 followed by another set of any one of the other eight. Recognize as well that you may never get to exercises 9 and 10. And it really doesn’t matter because, no matter how far you get, you will gain strength in your abdominal muscles and that’s the most important consideration. This is not an endurance contest, so don’t try to compete with your fellow team members.

The Exercises


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