Slim 'n Sexy At Any Age
5 Minutes a Day for Sexy Abs
It's not too late to get sexy, defined abs this summer. All you need is 5 minutes a day to be on your way to that toned midsection you crave. She even shows you what to do with those 5 minutes!
"I just want sexy abs..." Well you can have them, but it takes a very special workout.
The fastest way to get the stomach of your dreams is by working your ABS six days a week, but -- and this is very key -- you need to be doing something different for your abs every time you work them!
My super-ab workout only takes about 5 minutes a day; in 3 short weeks you'll start seeing definition and hardness you never dreamed of. In 3 months, "Call security!" The guys will be drooling over your tight and toned tummy!
They used to call me the stomach pooch queen. No matter how thin I got, it seemed as if my stomach bulged out... especially that lower "pooch" part But look at me now at 64. The photo at right is me! No touch-up work here, folks. That's me and that's my belly!
What is the secret?
The stomach muscles get used to a workout rather quickly, since they are at the center of your body and are working all day anyway to balance the weight you carry around. They need extreme variety to tone up.
The answer? No matter what you are doing for the rest of your body, do ABS exercises six days a week BUT WITH A DIFFERENT ROUTINE EACH DAY.
Monday you could do giant sets with crunches, leg-raises and knee-ins, with no rests, doing 15 reps of each exercise. Go back and forth until you've done them three times.
Tuesday you could do the bicycle, the knee-raised crunch and the leg raised crunch, repeating it three times, doing 15 repetitions each.
Wednesday you could do two stomach exercises, only this time do them very slowly. In this case it would not matter if ... you repeated some of the exercises above as long as they were in a different order. For example, you could do the knee-in and the crunch -- 15 reps each, going back and forth three times, without resting, but very slowly –- on the count of 1, 2, 3, 4 on the up, and 1, 2, 3, 4 on the down.
Thursday do another group of two exercises. Only this time go faster and do different exercises... and so on. Until you've done six days a week with a different routine each day.
Here is a sample abs workout day.
Do one very slow set for both of them, 10 repetitions each, then without stopping do a much faster set for both of them this time doing 15 repetitions each. This will take you less than 5 minutes!
Side oblique reach.
Start: Lie on the floor with your knees bent and your arms straight at your sides.
Movement: Leaning toward your right extend your fingers toward your ankles -– or until you cannot go any further. Flex your side abdominals and return to start. Repeat for the other side. Do 10-15 reps and repeat for the other side.
Ceiling reach crunch.
Start: Lie flat on your back. Raise your legs to so that they are perpendicular to the floor.
Movement: Raise yourself off the floor using your stomach muscles as you extend your arms forward reaching towards your toes. Flex your entire abdominal area. Return to start. Repeat until you have done 10-15 reps.
If you really want great ABS for the new year, make sure you do abs six days a week and do a different routine each day!
