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10 Women Exercises For Six-Pack Abs

Women can also build six-pack abs if they can burn belly fat and strengthen their abs muscles. Here are 10 exercises that can help women in building six-pack abs.

Cardio And HIIT

It is only after you burn tummy fat that you will be able to reveal your six-pack abs. And cardio and HIIT are the best ways to burn fat. You can try jogging, moving up the stairs, swimming, cycling, Zumba, or playing any sports. Choose any exercise and practice it at least three hours a week to see good results.

Crunches

Crunches are an effective exercise to start building six-packs abs with as it works on the mid-section of the abdominal area. It will strengthen your core.

Steps:

• Lie down on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor

• Place your hands on the back of your head to support the neck while exercising

• Curl up your neck and the upper back with the support of your hands and exhale

• Inhale and go down to the starting position and repeat the exercises for 2-3 sets of 10 reps each

Bicycle Crunches

Bicycle crunches exercise has multiple benefits. In addition to building the abs, it also works on the quadriceps and hamstrings.

Steps:

• Lied down on a comfortable exercising mat with your legs stretched

• Bring your hands on the back of your head to support the neck and upper back

• Curl up your head and raise your legs as well

• Turn towards the right, bring the right knee close to your chest, and try touching the right knee with your left elbow

• Turn left, bring the left knee close to your chest, and try touching the left knee with your right elbow

• Repeat this exercise 2-3 times with each left and elbow to make a set and do 10 reps each

Sit-Ups

Sit-ups have the same effect as crunches. Also, it is easier to practice. This exercise works on the rectus abdominus and external obliques.

Steps:

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6 Yoga Asanas To Relax Your Body And Mind

How do you relax and de-stress your body and mind at the end of a long day?

When you come back home, you first go to the shower to have a relaxing bath and then grab your cup of coffee to feel energized. But drinking coffee could provide little help in boosting your energy level. You should do yoga to feel relaxed.

The advantage of yoga asanas is that they work for the whole body and can be practiced at home. Also, it won’t take you much time in performing an asana after which you will feel recharged and rejuvenated. Also, every asana has its specific advantages.

Check the six relaxing asanas and practice them to relax your body and mind

Balasana (Child Pose)

Balasana is the fetal position of a baby. Also, it is a resting pose that can provide you a great sense of mental, physical, and emotional solace. And you can practice it whenever you want to relax, but you need to be an empty stomach.

Steps:

• Sit down your heels with your back straight and your knees hip-width apart. Inhale

• Bend forward raising your tailbone a little so your torso rests on your thighs and head reaches the floor. Exhale

• Release your shoulders to the floor and stretch your arms with your palms lying flat on the floor

• Maintain the pose for at least 30 seconds

Benefits:

• Helps stretch and lengthen the spine
• Help de-stress chest, back, and shoulders
• Helps stretch ankles, hips, and thighs
• Promotes blood circulation
• Helps in keeping the internal organs active and supple

Viparita Karani (Legs-Up-The-Wall Pose)

Viparita Karani, a mild inversion pose, has solutions to many problems. For example, it has amazing anti-aging effects on the body.

Steps:

• Sit down close to a wall with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor

• Lie down on your back with your head and spine in a straight line and hands extended to sides

• Raise your legs on the wall while keeping your hips close to the wall

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Inspiring Weight Loss Story

Kate Pearson has become a household name in America because of her unique character. She’s obese and as expected she struggles with issues of self-esteem throughout her life. But Kate Pearson is a real person. Christine Michelle Met who played Kate in the television series This Is Us and Christine Metz has a inspiring weight loss story.

Let’s draw parallels to the lives of Kate Peterson and Christine Metz weight loss story

Meet Chrissy Metz (40), an American actress and singer and winners of Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards of course for her role as Kate Peterson in This Is Us television series.

Chrissy Metz looks cute even at 40 but she never had been so in the early years of her life. She recalls her struggle with obesity in her early years and how being overweight turned into a blessing for her.

Chrissy Metz was born chubby….

The actress revealed her struggle with obesity in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. She opened her life as a chubby girl. She said she was born chubby and remained a chubbier kid throughout her life. It wasn’t that she missed the action due to being overweight. She was thinner at times and was active in sports as well but she always needed plus-size clothes for her oversized body.

She recalls that she had to be cautious about her food because some types of food items could add more weight to her already obese body. But her friends at school could eat whatever they wanted. But Chrissy Metz had to suppress her desire to eat food.

Chrissy Metz shared a heartbreaking incident from her early years as a kid. As she told the press that she was always a chubbier kid, she needed plus-size clothes. But her two younger and slimmer sisters could wear a variety of clothes. What broke her heart was her mother trying on dresses with her two younger sisters.

Chrissy Metz was a preschool teacher before acting….

She was teaching in a preschool before she decided to make a … Find more