Warm Up Stretches for Abdominal Exercises

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Summary: Learn warm up stretches, including the seal stretch for upper & lower abdominal exercises in this free video workout.

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Jacob Garcia Jacob Garcia is a certified personal trainer with disciplines from both the American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the American College of Sports Medicine (AC... read more

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by MasterPablo

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by penta

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by cornkernel

is that enough stretching for the abs before the main exercises?

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by chefsaid

This is a great way for me to stretch,my wife is taking classes, and she said this is a great way to stretch,thank you for showing me and this also helped my wife remember this one. thanks again,jim

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Warm Up Stretches for Abdominal Exercises

Hello, I’m Jacob Garcia with JGG Fitness Denver. On behalf of ExpertVillage.com, I want to show you some basic abdominal exercises. The abdominal muscles are an important group of muscles to support the lower back and protect the internal organs. Now before any exercise it’s always really important to make sure you get a good stretch. And right now I want to show you my favorite abdominal stretch called the seal. What I’m going to do is go ahead and get on my mat, have my knees about shoulder width apart and I’m going to walk my hands out just above my shoulders and keep them a little further than shoulder width apart. Now as I walk my hands out a little further I’m going to drop my hips and just sink my head and my shoulders and feel that good stretch right there in your abdominals and breathe. Okay, now you’re going to go ahead and bring your hips back up and keep your hands where they are and we’re going to go ahead and round out your back, get that good hollowness in your stomach, walk your hands out a little bit more and stick your fanny up right toward the ceiling and drop your armpits right towards the mat. Make sure you keep your back as round as possible. Okay now we’re going to go ahead and get back up, walk your hands back up, and you can sit back and now you’re ready for some great abdominal exercises.