7 Waist-Slimming Ab Exercises

Fly Up

Target: Rectus abdominis

• Sit on a folded towel on floor, lean back to rest on elbows and place feet together on a wall in front of you so that knees are bent about 90 degrees.
• Extend legs up, keeping feet against wall, then press rounded lower back into floor and squeeze abs as you lift arms to reach toward feet, elbows soft. Make it harder: Press feet into wall as you reach.
• Do 20 pulses: Curl torso up 1 inch, then lower 1 inch.
• Do 3 sets, hugging knees to chest to rest between sets.

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