How to get sexy toned abs for crop tops

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Crop Tops are a must have outfit in every girl’s closet this season. So whether you wear a bikini or not, you would still want to possess those killer abs. Crash diet is no longer IN. These days, one needs to have a balanced diet and work out well in order to tone the abs. So, here we shall discuss about 6 exercises which can give you super toned hot abs.

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Side Shaper – This exercise not only shapes the sides but trims the waistline, reducing the love handles.

You have to position yourself on the floor on your one side with hips touching the floor. Now, just bend the bottom leg and put it backside. Put the bottom elbow on the floor, and extend your top leg straight and parallel to the floor. Slowly, bend the top knee and bring it close to the chest, but keep it parallel to the floor all the time. Extend it back to the same position when you started and keep repeating. Then roll over to the other side, and do the same move for the other leg. Minimum 10 times repetition should be good enough for each leg.

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Single Towel Slider – This exercise strengthens the core that is the muscles on your pelvis, abdomen, lower back and hips. This would also help to achieve a sexy six pack abs. This move will also help to shape the chest and hamstrings.

You need to get into the tabletop position by placing your hands under the shoulders and the knees under hips. Now, slowly extend the legs behind you, keep back straight, abs tight and don’t move your head much. Then put a small hand towel under the toes. Bend the knees and bring it underneath your chest, sliding the towel as you do this, along the floor. Extend the legs again to the position from where you started and repeat. Switch legs too. A maximum of 10 repetition for both legs should be fine.

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Crunch – This is a new kind of crunch. You need to sit in such a manner that the upper torso and thighs make a V shape. Lower your legs, cross them and lift. Take a 5 pound dumbbell between both hands, swinging it left to right and then back. Bring the ball across the body while being in the V shape. 15 repetitions should be sufficient.

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Leg Crunches – Bend your knees and lie on your back. Place a 3 pound dumbbell between feet. Place your hands with palms down at the side of your hips or beneath the hips. Concentrate on the lower abs and bring your knees towards the chest while lifting the hips, head and shoulders slightly. Return to the similar position from where you started. Repeat for at least 20 times.

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Scale Pose – This move is helpful not only for core and arm but also for pelvic floor.

Cross your legs and sit. Place your hands with palms facing floor, next to your hips. Tighten your pelvic floor (as if you need to urinate and just holding it). Put entire force in your hands and lift your lower body off from the floor. Hold for 3 seconds and get back to the original position. If at first, you cant lift your entire lower body, you can just lift the butt, placing your feet on the ground. 3 repetitions should be good for the first week.

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Exercises for Inner Thighs

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Fitness has suddenly seemed to take precedence over every other thing with more and more people heading up towards fitness centers to lose their excess body weight. Obesity has given way to a fat free slim body and heavy pounds have carved a way for six pack abs and size zero figures. But even after exercising heavily on treadmills or jogging spots, there are particular body areas from where the fat never tends to go. For Women, inner thighs are one such area where most of the fat gets accumulated and whatever is being done to tone up the area, results in a failure. Not anymore! With these simple exercises for inner thigh, you can easily lose fat steadily:

1.     The butterfly exercise: This exercise helps to tone the inner thighs like none other. You need to sit straight on a mat and then by holding the feet, try to bring them closer to your body by using your hands. Then by placing the hands on the thighs, gently push the feet on the ground below and continue doing it for ten rounds. You will feel the stretch after every pull and push.

2.     Scissor Kicks: Scissor Kicks can be termed as one of the most powerful inner thigh exercises. Lie down on the mat and keep your hands at the side of the hips with the palms facing upwards. Now raise both the legs up and make a forty five degree angle from the floor. Now spread both the legs as wide as possible and then swiftly cross them. Repeat the exercises with uncrossing the legs and then slowly place the legs back on the mat. Do this for twenty sets.

3.     Leg Lift: Lie on the floor while resting your body on one side. Now rest your top leg on the floor and extend the bottom leg. Now lift the bottom leg up from the ground as much as possible and keep it there for some time. Then place it down. Repeat the exercise for ten sets.

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4.     Squat: Hold weights in two hands and spread the legs at shoulder width. Now squat down as much as possible and hold the position for a few seconds. Repeat this for ten seconds.

5.     Press Thighs: Stand straight and lift one leg up. Now press one thigh against the other as much as possible. Hold on the position for some times and repeat this for ten sets.

6.     Circles: Lie down on the mat and raise your left leg up while keeping the right leg grounded. Now make circles in the air with the left leg at least five times and repeat the same with the other leg. Do these set at least ten times every day.

These exercises for inner thighs are specially designed to remove the extra fat from the thigh muscles making them stronger and tighter so that you will never need to think twice before picking your favorite jeans or dress. The inner thighs exercises mentioned are simple and can be done without any equipment at the convenience of home. All you need to do is be patient and persistent and you will see the results in no time.

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Enjoy monsoon at home while staying fit!

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Its monsoon outside, while its fun inside! I have reviewed a lot of products these days, so just for a change, here’s an article on fitness. Now, have you ever faced problems going to a gym while getting splashed with rain and muddy water? Well if thats the case, and you having a big big frown on your face, we have got a solution to this trouble of yours. Here’s a list of a few excercises which you can do at home, while giving gyms a miss and yet staying perfectly in shape!

Spot Jogging is a wonderful option which helps in warming up. Just you need to lift your knees and then hit back the ground, while moving your arms and legs as if you are running. And you can lose 215 calories if you do 30 minutes of spot jogging.

Skipping is the best option if you are looking for a cardio workout. It improves coordination as well as flexibilty. It helps not only in building bones but also shapes up your sides, hips and thighs. You can burn almost 560 calories in one hour by skipping.

Strength training at home is one alternative. Just get a nice set of dumbbells. Incase you dont have dumbbells, filled up water bottles is another option. You are going to burn 200 calories in an hour by strength training.

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Plank is a great excercise where you just need to be in a push-up position by bending your arms and moving towards the floor. Now extend your arms and hold the position for 30 seconds. This will tone up your abs, back ans stabiliser muscles. Per hour you can burn 350 calories.

Yoga helps in uniting the mind, body and soul! Surya Namaskar is the best yoga form. Yoga relaxes your body while making you much more flexible, and you can burn upto 280 calories in one hour.

Pilates can develop your body through graceful movements, core strength and flexibility. At home you can practise mat pilates. The hundred is one of the mat pilates which promotes breathing and circulation of blood. This helps in burning 260 calories in just an hour.

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BEBE!

How to fight obesity while living the urban life

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Obesity has taken over the society , especially urban middle class ,like an epidemic . Present day life style is a  great catalyst in nourishing its roots. Now it is the wake-up time to counter this epidemic and to ensure to create a healthy society because a healthy society is made of healthy people and as we know ,it is imperative that the healthy body has a healthy mind which has the most important role to play in the human life and ,thereby,in the social development.

For this purpose ,there are different ways to curb obesity like Ayurveda , surgical as well as physical exercises. All these forms make the excessive fat the real culprit to create obesity. Though ,fat is necessary to release energy for the body functions, its excess cause the obesity.

 Apart from all these ways ,there are certain tips to fight obesity while living normally our day-to-day life .These are as:-

    - First we should consult a doctor to help us reduce the weight .

    - Keep ourselves motivated to lose weight and make some short term realistic goals.

    - Keep strict vigil on our own eating habits and calorie intake .

    -Cut down the intake of high fats and sugar .

    -Indulge in the physical activities which suits to us .

    -Besides that, aerobic exercises, such as, jogging , swimming and cycling will also do.

    -Yoga ,especially Pranayam,under the watchful eyes of a trainer, is a very important way to burn the fat and keep the body as well as mind fit.

    - Sleeping for lesser periods,especially in the afternoon ,help increase the burning of calories.

    - Healthy sex is also one of the most important methods which reduces obesity and keep the person fit.

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            In a nutshell ,there are many ways to fight the obesity, but , above all , the most important is that one should stay motivated to reduce weight and keep oneself fit. Only this way, we can successfully fight the obesity in urban life.

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LOONY FUNNY FITNESS TRENDS

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People have become fitness conscious nowadays. They pay more and more attention on their fitness. There are a few fitness trends people are adopting to have a healthy and smarter figure. Have look at five craziest fitness activities which are in vogue.

 Daring to become bare:

Man is in his natural state when he is without clothes. Toning the bare body is a good fitness exercise. What it needs is privacy where no one can see you. But people dare to become bare in presence of others and do nude yoga and exercise.

 Ariel Yoga:

This is anti gravity fitness activity. One stands on his head pointing his legs skywards. It includes some acrobatics and gymnastic activities in the air which is helpful for stressed joints.

Whirling on Karaoke:

Singing is always a good exercise. Coupled with dancing, it works wonder. It involves stationary cycling and people sing along with microphone handed around the room. Whirling with karaoke is very good for fitness. It relieves the muscles of the body and brain. It relieves the calves and thighs if done properly. It is a recreation as well.  

Pole dancing and burlesque dance:

 Pole dancing brings to mind sensuousness. But here it is not sensuous stuff. It is great for fitness. It maintains body flexibility and what is crucial for fitness is the flexibility. It works wonder for the abs. It involves rhythmic movements such as spin and hang, dance acrobatically, climb and diving.  It is worth doing as it makes the body beautiful. The burlesque dance enhances the self confidence as well as fitness level.

 
Hula Hoops:

 It is another craziest fitness activity. It helps reduce the tummy fat and become slim. It involves swinging with hoops around the waist. It involves hopping and helps in losing enough of extra weight.

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A Synopsis Of The Raw Food Diet

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We have all seen pictures of early human beings. Ever wondered why most of us have almost never seen a fat, early man? Wherever they are, they are ripped! Their secret - raw food diet! At least that is what most palaeontologists and doctors claim.

 Cooking kills all the awful bacteria and innumerable germs colonized on the food you are about to eat, especially raw meat. But they also destroy all those enzymes nature stored to keep you healthy and young forever, especially in fruits and vegetables. Cooked broccoli contains highly reduced quantities of sulforaphanes, an anti carcinogenic compound contained in vast quantities in its uncooked version. Some, like tomatoes, actually become more nutritious with cooking. So, the best way to judge raw food diet is to take a firsthand encounter.

Try a 30 days raw food diet. It is enormously beneficial for bulky individuals, and for grinding down those spiking acid and toxin levels causing you so much trouble. Try to switch to a complete raw food diet in 7 days, gradually decreasing cooked food intake every day. Hankering for cooked food will bother for the first few days of complete switch. But after you power through, it’s all smooth sailing. Stay away from meat though; they have more chances of being contaminated. Sushi is not for everyday, my friend. You will find reduced craving for sweet stuff, you will eat more, but will find yourself lighter on the scale, EVERYDAY, within a few days of switching to raw food diet. It is advised you maintain a log to track your progress. Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, milk shakes etc. You will find increased energy and stamina with raw food diet. Probably the best part of this process is the weight loss, without making you sick or anorexic! You will get glowing skin and fabulous hair; it’s like nature’s way of thanking you when you embrace her unhampered form, an added benefit of raw food diet. However, after completing the trial raw food diet, the minimum cooked food you take; the better you will keep yourself. Keep both the transitions smooth, and at the end, you will be glad you tried it!

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3 SIX PACK ABS' MYTHS BUSTED!

Myth is a traditional story accepted as history that serves to explain man's emotion and imagination. Likewise, Six Pack Abs Myths tell about some widely focused human emotion and imaginative concepts of having attractive Six Pack Abs through some unproductive and rather unrealistic means that ultimately frustrate people and kill their very rational desire of possessing a flat belly exposing Abs’ muscles. It has been noticed that people following the Myths being widely advertised, get dejected and confused as the haunting Myths fail to show results. They keep on wandering about the right process to fix up their problems, but 99% of them remain unanswered. Now, let me tell you 3 of such Myths that may be, in case you have faith in them, keeping you fat.

 First Myth: The more you do Abs Exercises, the faster you get Six-Pack.

 This is quite farcical as this Myth shows no sign of telling what is true. But, surprisingly, a major portion of the modern and educated people do not know that all of us have inborn abs and so, to concentrate trying on various abs machines would not pay until and unless some efforts in the form of regular exercises are taken to reduce fat that prevents the abs from being noticed. Its better that you go for prescribed dieting and more physical exercises to reduce the fat proportionately from your whole body and a fatless body, in turn, will help expose your abs. Do not consume foods having high calorie and carbohydrate. Some cardio will also help the fat to reduce.  You are lucky if you are already having a fatless belly but not having Six Pack, because, in this case, you have only to make your abs muscles more prominent by abs exercises using considerable weight. 

 Second Myth: - Buy (blah ----blah ----blah) and get Six -Pack at ease.

 Doesn’t it sound like a cock and bull story? If you have the minimum common sense, you should reject such Myth instantly after going through the particular advertisements. Don’t possess any such false ideas of developing Six-Pack just only with something like fat belts, or high-priced electro arousal machines or anything that just tempts you to buy some pills, or liquids. Be rational and think that hard work has no substitutes. Try to remove fat from your body and belly as well with the aid of regular exercises. Don’t expect to keep your body at rest and something (blah-blah-blah) that you have purchased, to work for reducing your fat.

 Third Myth: Remove Fat on Spot- It would not be without merit to say that you look devoid of good sense and judgment if you put the lowest faith in such Myth. Considerable number of enquires are being received each week from people asking for exercises to remove excess fat around the waistline or belly fat. It’s not a job that can be done in minutes, but instead if you go for 12-minute jogging, conforming to a standard or pattern, it can surly give you some positive result fructifying your dream of having the first-step done towards Six-Pack.

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Its time to Stay FIT!

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If you are looking for a substitute for exercise, then think again. There are no substitutes for physical activities. And to stay fit, one needs to burn the extra calories, by going for exercise.

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Start it, by introducing exercise in your daily schedule for 30 minutes. Continue till the end of first week, and from the second week, try to increase the duration.

Like they say, Variety is the spice of life. You too follow it, and do a variety of excercises, from weight training to cardio, then jogging to walking slowly.

Weight bearing exercise must be done atleast thrice a week.  And cardio must be done for 20 minutes each day. If you are leading a sedentary lifestyle, dont try to bring about a massive change in your lifestyle overnight. Start off slowly and gradually increase the duration of exercise.

If you are suffering from heart ailments, then please consult a doctor, before going for vigorous physical activities. Also if you over 50 years old, consult a physician.

You can turn on the music player or the television, and enjoy the loud music along with exercise. This helps you to avoid getting bored and losing interest. Also you can start by dancing. Dance is also a form of exercise.

If you get tired by doing exercise continuously, then take short breaks in between.

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Exercises like endurance training, weight training, stretching, yoga, daily activities can essentially make you fit and stay in shape for a long time.

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A brief study on the cabbage soup diet

CALORIE COUNT OF CABBAGE----

• 1 Cup shredded cabbage of approximate 70 grams, has calorific value of 17.
• 1 Cup of chopped cabbage weighing 90 grams approximately, has calorific value of 21.
• 1 cabbage leaf of 20 to 35 grams has calorific value of around 8.
• 1 full cabbage head of 900 grams has nearly 220 calorie.
• 1 Large cabbage head of around 1300 grams has got nearly 300 calorie. 

BEFORE : BULGING BELLY

THE CABBAGE SOUP DIET

Many supermodels, celebs, film stars befriend cabbages in order to lose weight at a miraculous fast rate. While going for the cabbage soup diet, one generally relies on cabbages more than anything else in the world. And its supplemented with a handful of low calorie dishes.

This diet plan leaves you craving for more food,  since the food choices are very less in number. And possibly you will get bored by eating cabbages, so would want to get rid of the cabbage soup diet even before the duration of 7 days get completed.

Only once in a while, and that also only for a week, you can go for the cabbage soup diet. There is no need of doing vigorous exercises  or anything of that sort. Mainly the dietitians will put stress on the diet. You can lose upto 10 pounds of weight in just one week, so that is the only brighter side of this plan.

Everyday for a week, you have to consume two biggie bowls of cabbage soups, whether you like it or not! Along with that, you can munch on fruits like apples, guavas, et cetera except bananas.
Black tea and coffee is allowed but it must be sugar and milk free.
Once in a while you can go for  potato, if you are fond of potatoes. Otherwise i would rather suggest you to go for other vegetables, but then peas, beans, corn (lentils) are an obvious no-no!
Chicken, fishes, beef is allowed. But while you eat, please watch what you eat and how much you eat.

You can chalk out a diet for yourself. Just remember to introduce new variations in your diet everyday. So that you dont get bored easily, and go back to the same old weight-gain diet of yourselves. Also you can have a look at different recipes on cabbages, but dont go for too spicy and oily dishes.

AFTER: PERFECT TONED FIGURE

Good Luck!

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