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The lying leg raise works all the major abdominal muscles, obliques, hip flexors and also the front of the thighs. It helps to develop a strong midsection along with balance and coordination.
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The standard abdominal crunch exercise targets the stomach muscles. The crunch is a safe and effective exercise that is great for beginners to help develop strong abdominal muscles.
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The elbow plank is an effective exercise for developing the abs, and is performed by holding a plank pose for a prolonged period. If your goal is to achieve six pack abs, then the plank exercise is definitely more...
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The straight arm plank is a variation of the plank. Performing the exercise with straight arms further challenges the core, arms, chest and shoulders to increase the intensity of the exercise by offering less s more...
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The push up (also known as press up) is an excellent exercise for working the chest muscles and arms. Also because of the position you have to maintain to do this exercise correctly, it also works the core, abd more...
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Pull ups (also known as chin ups) are the classic bodyweight exercise and are often used by exercisers as a measure of personal fitness. It's a difficult exercise to do and requires a large amount of upper bod more...
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This exercise is excellent for adding a progressive element to a normal push up. It also focuses on the upper part of the chest (pectoral muscle) in the same way as an inclined chest press exercise. So if you d more...
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Squat jumps require a good level of aerobic fitness as well as strength and technique. They will add an extra dimension to your training when looking to improve strength in the lower body. As they are aerobic more...
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The prisoner split squat is an effective exercise for developing the quads and glutes, and is performed by performing a squat with the feet staggered. The split squat is also known as the static lunge and is a more...
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The diamond push up is also known as the tricep push up because the position of the hands, it focuses more on the triceps and shoulders, rather than the chest like the conventional push up. It's a challenging more...
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The v sit up is an effective exercise for developing the abs, and is performed by extending the arms and legs, then crunching up to bring them all together. It can be quite challenging for beginners as it requ more...
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The reverse crunch is a good alternative to the standard crunch, instead of crunching your upper body towards your legs, you crunch the legs up towards your chest and your upper body remains stationary. This ex more...
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The superman is an effective exercise for strengthening the lower back. It is relatively straight forward to master and can be performed by beginners. It's a complimentary exercise to the abdominal crunch as it more...
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The inclined push up is another variation to the standard push up, but it targets the lower part of the chest muscle. Beginners might find it slightly easier than the standard push up as the elevated angle make more...
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Lunges are a great bodyweight exercise for working the legs and lower body. They can also be performed with weights to increase the challenge and build muscle and strength in those areas. They do require quite more...
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The push up with rotation adds another element to the standard push up which makes it much more challenging. It's not necessarily that difficult but it will challenge balance & coordination in addition to worki more...
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Lunges are a great exercise for strengthening and toning the thighs and buttocks. The walking lunge increases the intensity by adding a CV element into the exercises. It helps to promote good balance and coordi more...
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The jumping split squat is an effective exercise for developing the quads and glutes, and is performed by performing a squat with the feet staggered, jumping between reps. Incorporating a jump whilst alternatin more...
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The standard lunge focuses on the buttocks and upper leg muscles so taking the movement out to the side works the outer thighs (abductors). This also helps to develop the flexibility of the inner thigh which is more...
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The bicycle crunch develops strong abdominal muscles along with balance and coordination. A very challenging exercise which requires a reasonable level of core strength and balance.
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This version of the plyometric pushup will improve power and reflex by utilising explosive movements to the sides. The Lateral Plyometric Pushup is quite a challenging exercise and requires a certain level of f more...
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The Burpee is an exercise that combines multiple movements together in one exercise. There are at least 3 variations of the burpee, each one increases the challenge by adding another move to the exercise. This more...
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