How To Firm Lower Abs Workout: By Never Doing a Crunch Again

Oct 19, 2012

How To Firm Lower Abs Workout: By Never Doing a Crunch Again

The How to Firm Lower Abs Workout is designed to get rid of that lower ab fat that you may have, and to strengthen your lower abdominals. Use the Firm Lower Abs Workout by celebrity trainer, Ashley Borden, to sculpt your lower abs. Ashley Borden trains many Hollywood celebrities, including Christina Aguilera and Mandy Moore. The How To Firm Lower Ab workout delivers:

firm abs
strong core
flexible psoas
strong quads
toned hamstrings

Activating your lower body starts by releasing tension in your psoas. Then, you will stretch a bit, before truly working your lower abs and core. This is especially popular as a workout for women, who often want Long and Lean Legs. It can also easily be done as a home workout.

Your Psoas, the muscle you will use in most of the following exercises, connects your abs to your hips. By ridding the tension and increasing the flexibility of this muscle, you will be able to firm your entire core. Having weak posas muscles, is why so many people have back pain.

How to Firm Lower Abs Workout Routine

Psoas Release
Quads Foam Roll
Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
Split Squats
Cobra Stretch
Plank
Lower Ab Rolls

Slim Hips Workout Descriptions

Psoas Release

From working in a chair all day long, or whatever else you do, it is common to have tightness in your posas region. Relax your arms at your side, with a small object fixed to your psoas. Releasing tension from this area helps you activate your lower abs, getting them ready for the firm lower abs workout.

Quads Foam Roll

Roll out your quads using a foam roller. Roll from the top of the hip, to the bottom of the knee. Have your arms outstretched in front of you for support. Move your legs, so that your feet are switched between inner pose, outward angle, and pigeon-toe.

Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch

Bring one foot, up, onto a stability ball. Squeezing your glutes, lean back, while stretching your lead arm up overhead. The ball helps you to move deeper into this stretch. This exercise continues to stretch your psoas and hip flexor obliques.

Split Squats

Take a big step back, with feet should width apart. Reach one had up overhead, with the other drifting lower to the ground. Squat downwards, then bring your hands and legs back to starting position.

Cobra Stretch

Lying down on a mat, tuck your glutes and belly in. As you are now in a plank position, bring your chest off the ground. Use your shoulders and triceps to move your upper torso up off the ground, while keeping your lower abs tight.

Plank

The plank is the first strengthening move you will do in order to firm your lower abs. Bring your feet back in a plank position, as far as you can go. This activates your entire abdominal wall.

Lower Ab Rolls

Grab resistance bands or something else that doesn’t move behind you, in order to stabilize your body throughout the workout. While laying down, bring your knees up at your chest, with elbows slightly bent. Inhale, and bring your legs above your head. Bring your knees back down, exhale, and return to starting position. Extend your legs all the way down, while keeping your core firm.

Congrats. You’re on you’re way to firming your lower abs, without ever having to do boring crunches again!