Once you receive medical clearance and feel that you are in decent shape, see how this ab workout gets those abs toned up. With this ab workout you can expect to see results after about 10 times. This ab workout was created for the fitness enthusiast who is already in good shape but needs that extra ab workout or more variety.

AFTER A WARM UP:

USING AN EXERCISE BALL

V-PIKE PRONE AB CRUNCH (3 SETS OF 10)

* LIE FACE DOWN (PRONE) ON THE BALL WITH YOUR HANDS ON THE FLOOR FOR STABILITY

* BEGIN WITH THE BALL POSITIONED AT THE UPPER THIGH WITH YOUR LEGS EXTENDED

* SLOWLY ROLL THE BALL UNDER YOUR BODY WITH HIPS MOVING UPWARD BRINGING FEET CLOSER TO ARMS

* KEEP LEGS STRAIGHT. ONCE IN A V POSITION, PAUSE AND SLOWLY ROLL BACK TO PRONE

USING AB STRAPS

HANGING LEG RAISES (3 SETS OF 15)

* HANG FROM STRAPS WITH UPPER ARM PARALLEL TO THE GROUND. LEGS ARE EXTENDED.

* BEGIN BY LIFTING KNEES UP TO CHEST, PAUSE AND SLOWLY RETURN TO EXTENSION

* DO NOT SWING. LOWER YOUR LEGS SLOWLY, WITH CONTROL

* THIS EXERCISE CAN ALSO BE DONE WITH A TWIST AS YOU RAISE YOUR LEGS TO WORK THE OBLIQUES

WORKING THE OBLIQUES

SIDE LYING LEG LIFTS ON FLOOR (3 SETS OF 15 ON EACH SIDE)

* START ON THE FLOOR, ON YOUR SIDE; PROP YOURSELF UP ON YOUR ELBOW. KEEP OPPOSITE HAND ON THE FLOOR BEHIND YOU FOR BALANCE.

* WITH LEGS EXTENDED, LIFT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BODY AT THE SAME TIME, CREATING A SIDE LYING V. LOWER YOUR BODY SLOWLY.

* REPEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE

After this ab workout it is a good idea to stretch the low back with a simple knee to chest stretch. Hold each stretch for 30 seconds. It is also a good idea to train your abs last in your workout. To minimize the risk of injury always perform this ab workout at the very end of your exercise session.

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Easy Enough: Heath and Fitness For Everyone

If there is one concern that all of us have it is directly focused toward our well beings. For being well is the only way to live, both physically and mentally speaking. Specifically, it is our health and fitness levels that are, whether we truly choose to accept it or not, all too important factors in our lives. They keep us going. Keep us living. And having poor health will not allow us to fully live and enjoy what life has to offer. And being out of shape is nothing to be satisfied with as it proves to make us incapable of doing many activities we would otherwise love to do. So, hopefully with all this said, it would make individuals like yourself say to themselves “Well, am I healthy…am I, fit?” Or, “Am I happily living?” And they’re questions that should be inwardly asked and answered accordingly. If you’re not healthy or physically fit you need to ask yourself why. Usually, lack of a healthy life is not simply put upon individuals. Instead, it’s gained from something that’s done, or, more likely, from something that isn’t done.Ask Yourself If You Live A Healthy LifestyleYou need to ask yourself if the way in which you live is in line with being - and, more importantly, striving to be – healthy. Do you eat well on a regular basis or do you eat poorly day in and day out? Or is there a bit of a combination, of monitored and carefree eating? Do you exercise to keep yourself in decent shape or do you prefer vegetating, inadvertently keeping yourself unfit? Or again, do you exercise intermittently and still partake in being a vegetable too?After asking yourself the above questions give yourself some answers. If you do eat without care daily, do sit around and opt out of exercising then it’s likely you’re a bit unhealthy. Yet, this unhealthiness can easily be addressed and fixed.Changing The Way You Live – Becoming and Being HealthyAll that needs to be done is a little reorganization of what you typically do day to day, both concerning eating and exercising habits. As far as eating goes, it’s a matter of eating healthfully. This means that you eat wholesome foods, in fair amounts, around 3-4 times a day. Stay away from junk or filler foods. Avoid eating till you’re stuffed or considerably “satisfied.” And eat on a schedule having 3 full meals each day, trying to snack rarely and healthfully, if and when you do.As far as exercising and activity goes you should aim to be active at least 3-4 times a week to maintain a fitness level that is in line with being healthy. Exercise can be moderate to strenuous based on your current physical shape or fitness goals. Just be sure to stick through exercising even if at first you seem unable or not strong enough – the effort put into a workout is completely worth it, as is your overall good health that will surely follow.Truly, Anyone Can Have Great Health and High Fitness LevelsAnd don’t underestimate yourself through the process of becoming a healthy individual. You can (stressing the word “can”) eat well and be active all at once. It will just take some initiation and unbendable determination on your part. For, no one ever said that being healthy was a matter of just proclaiming yourself healthy. It takes work. It requires drive. But, in truth, it’s really not all that difficult to work toward; having good health and being fit is easy enough for everyone to achieve.

Once you receive medical clearance and feel that you are in decent shape, see how this ab workout gets those abs toned up. With this ab workout you can expect to see results after about 10 times. This ab workout was created for the fitness enthusiast who is already in good shape but needs that extra ab workout or more variety.

AFTER A WARM UP:

USING AN EXERCISE BALL

V-PIKE PRONE AB CRUNCH (3 SETS OF 10)

* LIE FACE DOWN (PRONE) ON THE BALL WITH YOUR HANDS ON THE FLOOR FOR STABILITY

* BEGIN WITH THE BALL POSITIONED AT THE UPPER THIGH WITH YOUR LEGS EXTENDED

* SLOWLY ROLL THE BALL UNDER YOUR BODY WITH HIPS MOVING UPWARD BRINGING FEET CLOSER TO ARMS

* KEEP LEGS STRAIGHT. ONCE IN A V POSITION, PAUSE AND SLOWLY ROLL BACK TO PRONE

USING AB STRAPS

HANGING LEG RAISES (3 SETS OF 15)

* HANG FROM STRAPS WITH UPPER ARM PARALLEL TO THE GROUND. LEGS ARE EXTENDED.

* BEGIN BY LIFTING KNEES UP TO CHEST, PAUSE AND SLOWLY RETURN TO EXTENSION

* DO NOT SWING. LOWER YOUR LEGS SLOWLY, WITH CONTROL

* THIS EXERCISE CAN ALSO BE DONE WITH A TWIST AS YOU RAISE YOUR LEGS TO WORK THE OBLIQUES

WORKING THE OBLIQUES

SIDE LYING LEG LIFTS ON FLOOR (3 SETS OF 15 ON EACH SIDE)

* START ON THE FLOOR, ON YOUR SIDE; PROP YOURSELF UP ON YOUR ELBOW. KEEP OPPOSITE HAND ON THE FLOOR BEHIND YOU FOR BALANCE.

* WITH LEGS EXTENDED, LIFT BOTH UPPER AND LOWER BODY AT THE SAME TIME, CREATING A SIDE LYING V. LOWER YOUR BODY SLOWLY.

* REPEAT ON THE OTHER SIDE

After this ab workout it is a good idea to stretch the low back with a simple knee to chest stretch. Hold each stretch for 30 seconds. It is also a good idea to train your abs last in your workout. To minimize the risk of injury always perform this ab workout at the very end of your exercise session.

For more free workouts and fitness advice visit:

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Will Smith, Gerard Butler, Christian Bale, Ryan Reynolds and Robert Downey Junior-five guys who have gotten super buff for movie roles. Will Smith got ripped for Ali and I Robot; Gerard Butler for 300; Christian Bale for Batman Begins; Ryan Reynolds for Blade: Trinity; and Robert Downey Junior for Iron Man. Each one of these guys was in decent shape before he took on the role but none of them was anything special. But when they took their shirts off in these roles looking incredibly ripped, the question came up, “How did they do it? How did these celebrities gain the muscle weight?” I did some research to find out what these guys did to get into such great shape for their movie roles and found that there were a lot of common elements. The youngest of them (Ryan Reynolds) is 31 and the oldest (Robert Downey Junior) is 43 but every one of them followed the same basic pattern. First of all, every one of them used personal trainers and chefs. Second, they all trained for several hours a day five or six days a week. Third, they followed strict high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets without fail and finally, they were all extremely motivated to pack on lean muscle and reduce their body fat. Yeah it’s true that these are Hollywood actors who have the resources at their disposal to be able to hire professionals and dedicate four, five or even six hours a day to intense training. But just because us regular guys may not be able to hire our own personal trainers and personal chefs to follow us around all day and keep us in line, doesn’t mean that we can’t get similar results-it just might take a little longer. That’s the good news. The bad news is that there isn’t any easy way to get there. They key ingredient that you must have though is commitment. You have to drive yourself to achieve your goal every day. It requires vigilance and discipline without fail. Their workouts routines varied but all of them contained the same basic elements, with one in particular-no pain, no gain. Celebrity Weight Gain Workouts: Here’s a rundown of the training routines the actors used to get ripped for their roles. Will Smith put on 35 pounds of muscle for his role in Ali using a combination of weight training and boxing, working out 6 hours a day, 5 days a week. To get back in shape for I Robot, he stuck to the 5-day workout schedule, training 2 body parts per day and adding in boxing 2 days a week. Gerard Butler’s extremely brutal regimen (which wound up being called the 300-rep Spartan Workout) included non-stop sets of pull-ups, dead-lifts, push-ups, jump-ups onto a 24-inch box, floor-wipers, single-arm clean-and-presses using a 36-pound kettle bell, all followed up with one last set of pull-ups (25). Plenty of gymnastics-style training rounded out the routine. Christian Bale relied on intensive cardio workouts along with a demanding routine that included both resistance and weight training. He trained five days a week and did cardio seven days a week. His routines favored volume over heavy weights in order to burn more calories. Ryan Reynolds started with abs doing 500-1000 sit-ups before training his other muscle groups. He said that it got him motivated. He trained six days a week-one muscle group per day-using heavy weights with fewer reps to bulk up. He was lean to start with so lots of cardio wasn’t part of his regimen. Robert Downey Junior-the oldest of the group-put on 20 pounds of muscle over five months using a combination of weight lifting (five days a week) combined with an intensive martial arts training and regular cardio. He used a 5-day split routine focusing on one body part per day, training pretty quickly in order to leave plenty of time for the martial arts and the cardio. Celebrity Diets For Muscle Gains: Suffice to say that following a strict, vigilant diet 100% of the time was a huge part of these actors’ success in achieving their fitness goals in a relatively short time. The basic model they all followed was about what you’d expect; 5-6 smaller meals spread throughout the day, lots of lean protein, limited carbs and only healthy unsaturated fats. You need to eat a diet that fuels your muscle growth and repairs the body while you sleep. No pizza. No beer. No late night snacks. Ryan Reynolds says that he didn’t touch any carbs after 8 PM. Just about any guy can achieve the same results if he really wants to. Here are three strategies that regular guys can use to get on the right track towards achieving that super-buff, ripped body you want. First, find a workout partner. A recent study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research found that workout partners can result in increased effort and improved performance. Second, set reasonable goals, write them down, look at them every day and chart your progress along the way. Third, write down everything you eat so you can track how many grams of fat, carbohydrates and protein that you’re eating every day. And most important of all, stay motivated and don’t get discouraged. Getting fit like these guys is just as much mental as it is physical. There’s no getting around the fact that it takes intense training to achieve the Adonis-like bodies that these stars strutted on-screen-it requires hard work and discipline. Mike Westerdal is the owner of http://www.criticalbench.com. Visit his site to receive two free PDF reports entitled, “31 Days To Bigger Arms” and “Boosting Testosterone Levels for Big Muscle Gains.”