Target Exercises

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Avi2Kat

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-> Body Molding:

<-> Stomach: Crunches, or reverse crunches.

Crunch - Lay on your back, bend your knees and put your feet flat on the floor. Bring your upper body up off the floor till your upper stomach tightens. Do not use your arms, only your stomach muscles. Release.

Reverse Crunch - Lay on your back, bend your knees and put your feet flat on the floor. Keeping your knees together bring them up to meet your chest, or as close as you can. lower them again but don't let your feet touch the floor. Repeat.

<-> Arms: Arm curls with weights

Arm curl - hold the weights at your sides, palms inward or forward. Bending at your elbow bring the weight towards your chest in a curling motion. Repeat.

<-> Inner Theighs: reverse crunches and leg lifts

Reverse Crunch - see above

Leg Lift - lay on the floor on your side. Prop your head up with your elbow. with legs strait and together, one ontop of the other... lift the top leg, keeping it strait... as high as possible in an arch motion. Hold 5 seconds.. Slowly lower. Repeat. Change sides and repeat with the other leg.
 
What was the purpose of this post. Isolation exercises like these should not be recommended for the majority. We all know, and I am not implying that you were suggesting this, but spot-reduction of specific areas of bodyfat on your body is impossible.

If you are going to recommend weight training exercises, why not make it useful and post some compound exercise explanations?
 
Lets see.... Some people want to specifically target areas of their body, and don't know which exercises do that best. Also, someone had a misguided thought that sit-ups where crunches, which is why I explain the activity itself. I am not recommending isolation exercises, I am providing information on different exercises and the body parts they target. My list isn't complete yet.. but I noticed that these areas women commonly are asking about and thought I would give them some info.

Is that alright?
 
I really am not attacking you, and sorry if I came across bluntly. :) I know many women ask about their arms, thighs, and belly.....and their questions usually sound something like this: "I have most of my fat on my belly, thighs, and under arms....what exercises can I do to help these areas."

I think helping them is not telling them that certain exercises can correct the problem, because that is wrong. Exercises may add muscle to the area, but it will not help them look better since it does nothing to the fat. You will be building muscle under fat.

They are not asking how they can build their ab, tricep and quadricep/hamstring muscles. They are asking how to lose the fat that lies over top of these muscles; they may not know they are asking this.... but that is what the problem is that they want a solution to.

So in my opinion, to help them would be to offer fat loss techniques using proper nutrition and cardio, paired with weight training.

My 2 cents.
 
Geez, I haven't been around for a while. But I see I was red repped for my posts in this thread. Sorry if I offended anyone. I was under the impression that useful information was what was sought after around here.
 
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