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Despite the effectiveness of bodyweight workouts for targeting your core, achieving significant progress solely through stretching and bodyweight exercises is limited. To develop a defined six-pack, incorporating additional resistance is necessary. Embracing the concept that you must surpass your boundaries before you can break them, right? When I suggest “adding some weight,” you might assume it necessitates exercise equipment like dumbbells and machines, but that’s not the case. If you can secure an easily graspable hefty object, you’re good to go.
Here’s the approach: procure a small item that you can comfortably grip weighing approximately six pounds. Any object will suffice, as long as you can securely hold it: a bundled stack of books, a pumpkin, a sock filled with coins, or any item available at home. Once you have your resistance, hold it near your chest and recline in the manner of lowering from a sit-up position. As you reach the bottom, extend your arms outward while clutching the weight, retract back up, then gradually bring your hands back towards your chest. The added challenge of the extended arms weighed down by the resistance intensifies a regular sit-up.
You can integrate this approach with various forms of sit-ups and exercises performed while lying down. For instance, executing the “wrap and tap” exercise, where you lie on your back, stretch your legs, and aim to touch them, becomes significantly more demanding with the added hand resistance. Engaging in ten minutes of these exercises, ideally incorporating a diverse exercise every minute, will undoubtedly leave you feeling the burn.