Table of contents:
- First 30 seconds - Warrior Pose 3
- Second 30 seconds - High Plank Pose
- Third 30 seconds - Side Plank Pose
- The fourth 30 seconds - Boat Pose
- See the results after 45 days
Get up early, 'I kept showering. Eits, maybe before taking a shower you have 8 minutes to start the day with a short yoga exercise that is good for your abdomen or stomach muscles? As long as they are practiced regularly and consistently, these 4 yoga poses can help you tone your abdominal muscles, so you can have a slimmer stomach and stronger muscles. Come on, here we go!
First 30 seconds - Warrior Pose 3
This pose is excellent in addition to toning your abdominal muscles, it also helps strengthen the muscles of the legs, ankles and hips, while improving focus and balance.
How:
- Bring your body to a standing position with your legs together, then bring your palms together in front of your chest.
- Bring your upper body forward and lift one of your legs, aligning the leg with the front of the body.
- Aiming at a point to help balance your body, activate your abdominal muscles so that the position is more stable.
- Extend your arms forward, and always take a deep breath from your nose, then hold this position for 30 seconds.
Second 30 seconds - High Plank Pose
This pose is very good for your abdominal muscles and also strengthens your arm muscles, helps reduce back pain, and is good for improving your overall posture.
How:
- From the Warrior 3 position, bring your palms to touch mat and lower the legs so that they are both on mat.
- Straighten your arms, look forward, making sure your hips are not higher than your upper body, bring heels pressing down in the direction mat.
- Extend your breath and hold your body in a high plank position for 30 seconds.
Third 30 seconds - Side Plank Pose
This pose is very good for your abdomen and also strengthens the muscles of the arms, wrists and strengthens the pelvis / hips. Also good for improving balance and focus.
How:
- From the High Plank position, raise one palm and open your body to the side (right or left).
- Then press the soles of the feet on mat from the bottom leg and place the other leg directly on top of it. As you stabilize your leg, place one hand on your waist for balance.
- Once balanced, raise your hands from the waist up, look up at your fingers and hold this position for 30 seconds.
- Always make sure to breathe deeply from your nose.
The fourth 30 seconds - Boat Pose
This position is very good for body balance, hamstring muscles, strengthening the spine, and pelvis. Not only that, this pose is also good for stimulating digestion, kidneys and intestines.
How:
- From the Side Plank, bring your body into a sitting position then bend your knees and bring your knees closer to your chest.
- Then lift the soles of your feet and point them forward, prepare your abdominal muscles and straighten your chest, avoiding tense your neck muscles open your chest.
- Bring your arms forward to help balance then slowly extend your legs upwards in a diagonal position.
- Look forward and always breathe deeply, and hold the body position for 30 seconds.
See the results after 45 days
The total time of the 4 poses above is 2 minutes, you can rest in the position child pose in each pause or jump straight from one pose to another. Then repeat for a total of 4 rounds for a total of 8 minutes. Do it regularly every morning to tone your abdominal muscles, and feel the benefits at least after doing it at least 45 days. It's easy, right?
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