Home Workouts For College Students
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Home Workouts For College Students

7 Ab workouts to keep your summer bod through the fall season.

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Home Workouts For College Students
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Finally, fall season is upon us and summer bods aren't something everyone is scramble to achieve anymore. Time for warm cookies, candy, and chocolate hot coco. Those are all the great things, but what about the cons? Well, eventually there will be cold weather, snow and Cold weather, and storms that trap you in your home. With all those cookies, and days of relaxing on the couch, you might want to consider some easy work ab outs you can do at home.

1. Flutter kicks

All you need to do it lay on the ground, hands at your side and raise your legs up and down, getting as close to the ground as possible without touching.

2. Reaching Oblique Crunch

For this exercise, lay on the ground with your knees bent, and reach your arms across your body. The left arm reaching to the right side and right arm reaches to the left side.

3. Pilates Side Hip Rises

Turn on your side and bend your knees, use one arm to hold yourself up. Move your hip up and down. Your other arm should be at your hip.

4. Russian Twist

Sit at a 45-degree angle with your knees bend and twist your upper body from side to side, with both arms at your side.

5. Toe Touch Crunches

This one is a personal favorite. It's easy and fun. For this exercise, all you need to do is lay on the ground with your feet in the air and reach up for your toes.

6. Pilates Leg Pulls Facing Down

This exercise gets a little bit harder because you're not laying on the ground, your butts up in the air. Get in somewhat of a push- up position but with your butt in the air. Raise each leg, one at a time up in the air.

7. Pilates Toe Taps

This is also another exercise I really enjoy. You lay on your back, knees bent and touch your toes to the floor.

More visual representations of these work outs can be found in this Youtube video It might be useful to pick up a yoga mat at the store, which you can find at Amazon for about $6. It isn't necessary, but it is helpful if you don't have a carpet. When you find yourself trapped inside on a Sunday afternoon, and after you eat all those cookies, consider a few easy work outs you can do in your room.

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