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When you do any form of exercise from walking to competing in sports, you will notice several things about your body, such as breathing heavier and faster, your heart beats faster, your muscles hurt and you sweat. Don't worry these are all normal responses whether you work out frequently or once in a while.

Body Sculpting Intro
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Leg & Bottom
Pelvic Training
Back Muscles

ABDOMINALS

The abdominal exercises should always be done with the hips and knees flexed. Unfortunately, sit-ups performed with the legs straight can put undue stress on the spine and also serve to strengthen the wrong muscles (i.e. the hip flexors). If these muscles become relatively too strong and too tight, postural problems can occur that further aggravate back pain.

One way of doing abdominal strengthening exercises is to lie on your back on the floor with arms folded on your chest. Hips and knees are flexed and feet stabilised either under a heavy object or by someone holding them. The lumbar spine is completely flattened so that it touches the floor. Contract the abdominal muscles to the point where the trunk is just lifted off the floor and hold this position for five seconds. Repeat the exercise ten times, three times a day. This exercise can be made more difficult by adding decline to the surface (with the head at the lower end of the board or bench). By fully flexing and at the same time slowly rotating the trunk with the head to the knees, kinetic endurance can be built up in all the abdominal muscle groups. If you would like a more challenging abdominal exercise, hanging leg raises are excellent. Hanging from a bar, tilt your head backwards and lift your knees to your chest for three or four sets of fifteen repetitions.