People go to the gym to get fit and strengthen their muscles, but few know that there is one exercise that has proved to be the most effective and helpful.
Best part? It only takes five minutes of your time.
The exercise is called “the Plank,” and it requires only 5 minutes every day for maximum results.
All you need to do is lie down on the floor on your stomach and lift your body using your hands and legs. It does not include any movements at all. You just adopt one position and have to keep your body like that for as long as you can, or at least 5 minutes.
First, lie on your stomach. Then lift your body almost the same like when doing push-ups, with one small difference: here you have to bend the elbows 90 degrees and rely on your forearms. The point is to keep your body flat as a plank at all time in order to activate all the muscles in it.
To do it right:
*Keep your legs tight and straight so that the pressure on the right abdominal muscle is constant.
*You must not relax your buttocks in order to activate the muscles on the lower torso.
*Keep the lower back flat if you want the exercise to be effective. Do not dent it or curve and do not relax at all.
*Get your stomach in as much as possible.
*Keep your elbows at a 90 degrees angle directly under your shoulders.
The exercise may seem easy to do, but it consumes much energy and makes you use every muscle in your body. At first it may be hard for you to endure even 2 minutes, but in time you will improve.
By doing this exercise on a daily basis you can burn cellulite, flatten your stomach, strengthen your back and shape your hands and legs.