Cheek to cheek plank : Exercise Guide

Cheek to cheek plank

Focus Area : abs,hips,oblique muscles

Instructions:
1) Start with the forearm plank position having your elbows on the ground.
2) Maintain a flat back and keeping your tummy tight clasp your hands.  
3) Rotate through the waist, tapping your hips one at a time on the floor.  
4) Return back to forearm plank position.

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Superman : Exercise Guide

Superman

Focus Area : Abs and lower back

Instructions:
1) Lie face down on your stomach with the arms extended out in front of you and the legs extended behind you
2) Slowly lift the arms and legs up towards the ceiling in one movement making a U shape.
3) Hold the position for as long as you can and return to the starting position.

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Plank : Exercise Guide

Plank

Focus Area : Arms, shoulders, back, and Abs

Instructions:

1) Lie face down on your stomach with arms bent, palms and forearms on the ground, fingers pointed forward, legs extended, and toes tucked.

2) Slowly lift your entire torso off the floor, keeping weight onto your forearms or on your extended arms, and toes on the ground.
3) Your body should form a straight line from your head to your feet 
4) Engage your core and hold the position for as long as you can.

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Side Plank : Exercise Guide

Side Plank

Focus Area : Abs, oblique muscles

Instructions:
1) Turn onto your right side with your legs extended and your feet and hips resting on the ground and stacked on top of each other 
2) Place your right elbow directly under your shoulder to prop up your torso, and align your head with your spine.
3) Gently contract your core and lift your hips and knees off the floor
4) Hold the position for as long as you can and return to the starting position.
5) Roll onto the other side and repeat.

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Bicycles : Exercise Guide

Bicycles

Focus Area : Obliques, Abs, Thighs

Instructions:
1) Lie flat on your back on the floor putting your hands down at your sides.
2) Place your hands behind your head and interlock your fingers.
3) Raise your shoulder off the ground and pull your left knee touching your right elbow while keeping your right leg straight.
4) Alternate by straightening your left leg and pulling your right knee to touch your left elbow.
5) Slowly lower shoulders back to ground slowly and drop the feet.

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Rev Crunches : Exercise Guide

Rev Crunches

Focus Area : Lower Core abdominal muscles 

Instructions:
1) Lie flat on your back on the floor putting your hands down at your sides.
2) Lift your feet off the floor either by having your knees bent or keeping your legs as straight as you can get in the air.
3) Using your abs, lift your hips off the ground.
4) Lower your legs back to starting position

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Situps : Exercise Guide

Situps

Focus Area : Abs, Hips

Instructions:

1) Lie flat on your back on the floor putting your hands down at your sides.

2) Bend your knees and place your hands behind your head and interlock your fingers.
3) Keeping your heels on the ground and your toes flat to the ground, slowly and gently lift your head first, followed by your shoulder blades till your hips is at a 90 degree  angle.
4) Lower your back until your shoulder blades touch the ground.

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Crunches : Exercise Guide

Crunches

Focus Area : Upper Core abdominal muscles 

Instructions:

1) Lie flat on your back on the floor

2) Bend your knees and place your hands behind your neck or head
3) Lift your shoulders towards the ceiling using your abdominal muscles
4) When your shoulders are off the ground, pause and hold that position and go back down slowly.

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Jump Rope : Exercise Guide

Jump Rope

Focus Area : Full body including calves, abs, glutes, shoulder, hamstring, chest

Instructions:
1) Stand straight and hold the rope's handles in each of your hands. 
2) Extend your hands and forearms at least a foot away from your body.
3) Use your hands and wrists to swing the rope over your head
4) When the rope is coming toward the front of your feet, hop over it.

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Jumping Jacks : Exercise Guide

Jumping Jacks

Focus Area : Full body including calves, abs, glutes, hips, shoulder

Instructions :
1) Stand straight with feet together and arms at your side.
2) Slightly bend your knees and bring your legs out to the side about shoulder width or slightly wider while in air. 
3) While moving your legs outward, raise your arms up over your head keeping it slightly bent throughout.
4) Your feet should land shoulder width or wider as your hands meet above your head with arms slightly bent.
5) Return to the starting position.

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Burpees : Exercise Guide

Burpees 

Focus Area : Full body including glutes, hamstring, abs, tricep, calves, quads

Instructions:
1) Stand straight with feet shoulder width apart.
2) Lower your body into a squatting position, placing your hands on the floor in front of you. 
3) Kick your feet back so that you are in push-up position
4) Lower your chest to do a push-up and bring your chest back up.
5) Kick your feet back to their original position. 
6) Stand up, and then jump into the air while raising your arms overhead.

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Plank Jacks : Exercise Guide

Plank Jacks

Focus Area : Core, Glutes

Instructions:
1) Get on all fours and rise into a plank position keeping your shoulders, hips and legs should be in a line.
2) Jump the feet out to the sides as if you were performing a jumping jack but keep the upper body still
3) Return the feet to the starting position and that is 1 rep

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Mountain Climbers : Exercise Guide

Mountain Climbers

Focus Area : Full body including Deltoids, triceps, obliques, abs, quadriceps, hamstrings

Instructions:
1)Get on all fours and rise into a plank position keeping your shoulders, hips and legs should be in a line.
2) Lift your right foot and bring your knee as close to your chest as you can
3) Return to the starting position and repeat with your left leg

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High Knees : Exercise Guide

High Knees

Focus Area : Glutes, quads, hamstrings

Instructions:
1) Stand straight with the feet hip width apart, arms by your chest and looking straight ahead
2) Run in place, bringing your knees up to your chest or high as you can, pumping your arms as quickly as you can.

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Russian Kicks : Exercise Guide

Russian Kicks

Focus Area : Triceps, Core

Instructions:

1) Sit on the ground, your knees bent in front of you with your feet flat on the ground 

2) Place your palms directly in line with your elbows and shoulders and your fingers pointing towards your feet.
3) Raise your hips off of the ground and engaging your lower abs and kick your right leg as straight up in the air as you can.
4) As you lower your right leg back to the ground, kick your left leg as straight up as possible.

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Up up down down : Exercise Guide

Up up down down

Focus Area : Shoulders, core

Instructions:
1) Start in a plank position on your forearms, palms facing down.
2) Walk your left hand in, placing it under your shoulder and pressing your body up. Walk your right hand in so that you end up in a full plank position with both arms straight.
3) Lower your left elbow down to the floor, and then your right, so you're back in your starting position of the forearm plank. 

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Tricep Pushup : Exercise Guide

Tricep Pushup

Focus Area : Tricep, Chest Muscles

Instructions:
1) Get in plank position with your hands next to your shoulders and having a naturally bend with the elbow pointing towards the ceiling.
2) Slowly lower yourself toward the floor while keeping your upper arms parallel to your sides and your elbows pointing straight back 
3) Push back up to start. That's one rep. 

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Tricep Dip : Exercise Guide

Tricep Dip

Focus Area : Tricep, Chest Muscles

Instructions :
1) Sit up straight on the long edge of a chair keeping your legs slightly extended.
2) Place your hands on both sides of the chair just outside your hips. 
3) Steadily lower yourself. When your elbows form 90˚ angles, push yourself back up to starting position.

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