
Modern lifestyles have made it
difficult to maintain good body shape to many of us. We always lack time or
money to visit fitness centres, and our busy living has impaired our will power
to follow strict diet rules or regimen. It is not always possible to control
ourselves from not eating the delicious food. Fortunately, here are some simple
workouts that you can try at your home and get a flat tummy!
Before you start this workout routine,
you should know the size of your tummy to reduce it. For this cause, you should
take a measuring tape. Wrap it around your waist at your belly button,
while you are standing up and check your girth. Make sure that the tape measure
is level. For men, the healthy waist size is 40, and for women, it is 35
inches.
Flat Stomach Workouts
These are the best exercises that can
help you to get flat tummy and you can have more benefits by doing these
exercises regularly. No equipment is required for all the exercises mentioned
below. Try them at your home and get your desired flat tummy.
Crunches
This is an amazing way to reduce
stomach and to build strong abdominal muscles, so it should be performed by
anyone who wants to get flat tummy.
Procedure:
Lie flat on the floor with your knees
bent and feet flat on the floor, hip-width apart. Place your hands on both
sides of your head. Take care not to lock your fingers or to pull your head up.
Push a little of your back into the floor to engage the abdominals. Tilt your
chin slightly and leave a few inches space between your chin and chest.
Now roll your shoulders off the
floor. The gap between your shoulder and floor should be 4 inches and your
lower back should remain always on the floor. Just be like that for a moment at
the top and then move back down slowly.
Do this 3 sets of 15 reps.
Hindu/Judo Push-up/Dive Bombers
This exercise is also very beneficial
when you want to flatten the tummy..
Procedure:
Put your hands flat on the floor and
maintain a distance shoulder’s width apart. Keep your back straight and extend
your legs behind in order to form the push-up position. Keep your feet wider
than your shoulder’s width, so that your body is supported only by your toes
and hands.
Start position: Take your hands in the
backward direction towards your feet. Maintain your arms straight. Now arch
your chest and body in the forward direction so that your hips move down
towards the floor.
Final position: When you return to
the starting position, straight your arms and arch your back, which will push
your torso in the upwards direction. Thus, your chest is outwards and your
sight should be in a direction above you.
If you are a beginner, you can
perform the exercise by putting the knees on the floor and only the movement of
the upper body is required.
Repeat this exercise in 3 sets of 12
reps.
Burpees/Squat Thrust
Burpees are miraculous exercise to
burn extra calories and make you stronger.
Procedure:
Position your feet about hip-width
apart and squat to the floor, placing your hands on the floor in front of you.
Now jump the feet out and come to a
pushup position, on the hands and toes with the body in a straight line. Then,
return to start position, by jumping the feet back.
Repeat this jumping your feet out and
in for 30 to 60 seconds for 3 sets of 10 reps.
Mountain Climbers/Alternating Knee-ins
Try this exercise to flatten your
tummy fast by doing mountain climbers, which will give visible results very
soon.
Procedure:
Place your hands flat on the floor,
shoulder-width apart. Extend your torso and legs fully behind you with only
your toes and balls of your feet touching the floor, so that your body is in a
straight line, supported only on toes and hands.
Start with either leg. Flex your knee
and hip at the same time to bring your knee up and then under your hip. You
should keep the other leg extended completely.
Then, change the leg, extending the
leg back which is extended and simultaneously flexing the straight leg until it
is in the start position.
Repeat this for 3 sets of 15 reps.
Jump Squat
You can do this exercise without
equipment. Just follow the below steps and reduce your tummy size easily.
Procedure:
Stand in the same start position.
First do a regular squat, later engage your core and jump up.
When you land, lower your body and
return it to the squat position again.
This exercise should be done in 3
sets of 15 reps.
Lying Leg Lift
Try it doing at home, and its results
will be amazing! This exercise also doesn’t need any equipment.
Procedure:
If possible, use a bench. Let your
legs hang off the edge that will increase your range of motion.
Place your hands under your glutes
with your palms facing down. Keep your legs straight and hold a dumbbell
between your feet if your need added resistance. Slowly raise your legs perpendicular
to the floor. Hold the contraction at the top for one second.
Do this exercise for 3 sets of 15
reps.
Windshield Wipers
First it is needed to do cycling for
several months to get your obliques strong. This is not an exercise for
beginners. It is a core workout and is fun at the same time.
Procedure:
Swing left and right like a
windshield wiper. In the start position only go for 45 degrees to each side.
Now swing back and forth slowly.
When you are strong and flexible you
can go to 180 degrees range of motion.
Do this exercise for 3 sets and 15
reps.
Superman / Extended Arms & Legs Lift
This exercise also strengthens your
lower back and reduces your belly fat.
Procedure:
Lie down your face on your stomach
with arms and legs extended. Keep your neck in neutral position.
Lift your arms and legs up towards
the ceiling to form an elongated “U” shape with your body, while keeping your
arms and torso stationary. Hold for 3 to 5 seconds and lower back down to one
completely.
Do 3 sets of 15 reps.
Leg Pull-In Knee-up
This is another exercise which
affects your your tummy as well as your lower back.
Procedure:
Lie down flat with your hands under
buttocks. Keep your knees together and pull them in towards you and move your
torso towards them. Lift your neck, head, and shoulders up as well. Hold and
then return to starting position.
Do this exercise for 3 sets of 15
reps.
Side Plank
This one will definitely give amazing
results on the size of your tummy and on your lower back.
Procedure:
Hold your whole body in a straight
line with your elbow beneath your shoulders. Hold in that position as long as
you can, but you should not let your hips drop. Repeat the same on the other
side.
Do this exercise for 3 sets of 30
reps.
Inchworm/Walk Out
This exercise offers many positive
effects for your body, so it is worth the try!
Procedure:
Stand straight with your legs
extended. Bend over from your hips and touch the floor with your palms flat on
the floor. Keep your legs straight as you walk your hands as far forward, and do
not let your hips drop. Take small steps and walk your feet to hands.
Do this exercise in 3 sets of 15
reps.
Plank
Lose your tummy weight naturally by
doing this amazing exercise for 5 minutes a day.
Procedure:
Get into a press-up position. Bend
your elbows and rest your weight on your forearms. Your body should form a
straight line from shoulders to ankles. Suck your belly button into your spine
to engage your core. Hold in this position for a few seconds, and prolong this
with time, as you are more experienced.