Today I have a great workout for you – specifically  targeted at getting a flat stomach! You will see 5 exercises below all with exercise descriptions. You do the first exercise for 20 seconds, then move on to the next one with a 10 second rest period in between. You repeat this format, i.e. 20 seconds on each exercise and 10 seconds rest between each one until you have done each exercise twice. It will only take you 5 minutes!

Squeeze Crunch

Position: 

Lay face up with knees bent. 

Technique: 

Raise knees and squeeze towards chest, briefly hold and squeeze, then release. 

Points To Remember: 

Squeeze as high as possible. 

Keep knees together.  

Cobra – Legs Down 

Position: 

Lay face down with arms bent at the elbow. 

Technique: 

Arch back up as high as possible and hold position still. 

With arms bent squeeze them as high as possible and squeeze them together. 

Points To Remember: 

Ensure head is in line with your body. 

Leg Cycle 

Position: Lay face up with knees bent and raised. 

Technique: 

Kick legs forward and backwards in a cycling motion. 

Points To Remember: 

Keep lower back flat to the floor by bracing your stomach muscles. 

Keep a slight bend in your knee as you extent the leg forward. 

The lower and straighter the legs go the more difficult the exercise becomes. 

Half Side Plank- 1 

Position: 

Lay on your side with knees bent and your elbow directly beneath your shoulder. 

Technique: 

Push hip off the floor, resting on your knee and elbow. 

Squeeze the hip as high as possible and hold position still. 

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 ’Exercising’ alone is not good enough. If you don’t know the ‘tricks of the trade’ you will be working hard with no reward. Here is a great sneaky tip to drastically improve the effectiveness of your workout.

 Chop and Change.

Your body doesn’t respond (and by ‘respond’ I mean burn fat effectively) to the same motion over and over again. This is one of the reasons why when you spend a long period of time on the treadmill or cross trainer your fat burning potential is always going to be limited.

You need to constantly vary what you are doing and which muscles you are working to contine to stimulate your body’s metabolism and fat burning hormones. Otherwise your body just gets used to the same old motion uses the same old muscles and burns little or no fat.

This is why my new program http://www.bestfatlossforwomen.com implements a system where you are never doing the same exercise for more than 20 seconds at a time. This is the variety you need in order to reach ultimate fat burning potential.

Today’s Takeaway – Chop and Change what you are doing during your workouts as much as possible. It will send you body’s fat burning hormones into overdrive!

If your goal is to get fit and/or burn fat, this workout is perfect for you. It lasts just 5 minutes and burns more calories than most people would after spending an hour in the gym!

It’s the New Year, and the PERFECT time to start reaching those fat loss goals you are always talking about. So here are my Top 5 New Year Fat Loss Tips;

1/ Make Your Lunch Every Day

The only way you can truly control what you are putting into your body is by making it yourself. Pre-made sandwiches from shops are full of rubbish and will severely hamper you fat loss attempt. Make you own salads every day and take them to work with you. They only take a few minutes to make but will make a big difference.

2/ Do 5 minutes of exercise every day this week

You DO NOT have to spend hours exercising to burn fat. The most important thing is that you do something every day. So get up 5 minutes earlier every day this week and do a quick workout. There are loads of 5 minute workouts on this blog so just use the search bar to find them.

3/ Eat regular, healthy snacks

Snacking on the wrong foods really packs on the pounds. Make sure you have a good supply of healthy snacks, such as fruits, nuts, seeds available for you to snack on. This way you won’t resort to the far less healthy options.

4/ Do total body exercises

Forget about isolation exercises, such as crunches, if you want to burn fat fast. Do total body exercises such as squats, press-ups, planks.

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