Getting targeted exercise is a lot easier with a really fabulous workout video (part 2)

The weekend is here and I thought the best thing to unwind is to do physical exercises as I believe it helps with our overall mental and physical health. I felt that with work from home throughout the past few months, cabin fever starts to set in and I desire more time out for long walks in the natural park. Natural scenery is highly appealing and refreshes the mind and heart. My favorite long walk accomplishment is reaching the red bridge at Punggol Promenade.

Free time however can be a luxury when you really need to start a work week working from home. When you needed to be in your room and be in front of computer, I thought the best form of physical activity will be HIIT workouts to start the morning. A good combination for me will be to do both the 7 minutes beginner workout and the 10 minutes flat abs workout with my increased stamina.

Getting targeted exercise is a lot easier with a really fabulous workout video

Last week, I shared about the 8 moves from Cassey Ho and her 10 minutes abs flattener which gave me a sense of achievement when I managed to get a few of her 10 minutes incredible workouts done throughout the week. I managed to complete all the 8 moves.

1. Double Leg Stretch 2. Expanding Tabletops (R) 3. Expanding Tabletops (L) 4. Reverse Crunch 5. Double Leg Lift 6. Double Ds 7. Rollovers 8. Flutters

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpJKq9VTTb4&t=19s

In this week’s blog post, I will write in details the physical moves from expanding tabletops and reverse crunch from Cassey Ho’s 10 minutes ab flattener video.

How to do the Expanding Tabletop

Here is how you do an expanding tabletop. First, we start with one side by bringing the legs up on the tabletop. Next, place your hands underneath the tailbone and rest your head down. Next, you’re going to expand the legs and bring it back. Reach in, out and in and really point the legs. Lengthen, lengthen and really point. This really forces you to use your lower abs to move your legs out. Shins parallel to the ceiling.

Second, once you know the moves on one side, you can do the same thing on the other side for expanding table top. Hands in a triangle underneath your tailbone, knees in table top. Lengthen in. Out and in. Really sucking in the belly button into the spine. Imagine, you have a corset around your waist and tighten those muscles. Elbows wide now and really point your legs. Belly button in. According to Cassey Ho, the lower belly is the area where a lot of people struggle with including herself and that is where she gained fat in the first place. Some people have it in their inner thighs, the hips, the face.

How to do the Reverse Crunch

First, palms down pressing into the mat. Next, you are going to cross the ankles and you’re going to lift and lower. Up and down, up and down. According to Cassey, if she is having a huge milkshake the night before, she can feel it going to her thighs into her lower belly.