Easy Exercises: Simple Workout Routine For Busy People In The Office, At Home, Or On The Road by Barrett Patrick

Author:Barrett, Patrick [Barrett, Patrick]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Published: 2012-07-01T18:30:00+00:00

Part 4: Pushups/Plank (Optional)

Some of you will be looking for more of a challenge than what we've done so far. This part will add a little bit more of an intense upper body and abdominal workout to this routine.

Essentially, we're going to add either one plank or one set of pushups to the routine. Let's look at each of these exercises, and then we'll talk about them. We'll start with the plank.

To do the plank, you will basically hold the up position of a pushup. This exercise will hit your arms, chest, and shoulders, and it will also give you a great abdominal workout—but to make sure you hit your abs, you have to be sure to do the exercise with correct form.

Your body should be straight, and you should be able to flex your abdominal muscles and feel them supporting the weight of your back and your hips. If your hips are too high or too low, you won't have the proper load on your stomach muscles to work them correctly for this exercise.

If you aren't familiar with this already, the best thing is to get in as close to the correct position as you can, and flex your abs hard while lifting and dropping your hips just a little bit to feel where the right spot is—you should feel the muscles in your stomach supporting the load of your hips.

Once you get into that position, take deep, slow breaths and hold the position for as long as you comfortably can.

Now we'll look at the other option at this point: the pushup.

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