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Learn Basic Workout Moves Correctly

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    Ben Greenfield shows how you can do basic workout moves correctly.

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Hi I'm David Green Zone to give it quick and dirty tips dot com I'm here Pilates pro -- studio in New York City and today I'm gonna show you the right way to -- four of the best body -- exercises that you can do.

-- push up the crunch the squad in the line I'm gonna show you right way to do them because if you do the wrong way.

And actually pretty ineffective so let's jump right it.

Let's start with the push -- How to push up as a great exercises work your shoulders your core of your upper body and even your legs -- correctly.

First thing you want to do.

You start with your hand about shoulder -- apart.

If you begin with your hands too close to push a chronology difficult -- can also really strain your shoulders.

And if your hands are too wide.

You can also -- your shoulders so I don't shoulder width apart on the hands.

You've seen are going to be slightly stakes.

Keep your leg muscles nice and tight.

Keep your -- -- looks slightly forward.

And drop in your push up now.

You drop don't know -- -- -- to play out too much heat in slightly times which we'll probably more -- for wanting to ensure.

And then push yourself that got so again.

Drop.

You know -- to other things to bear in mind we gonna push up is not tell you Lomax said.

Which keeps -- from using your -- properly and all so not to let your shoulder sag too much which keeps you from using on your chest in your arms properly.

Now you have difficulty doing that person to push up you can always simply get into -- -- -- position.

Dropped to push at the same way or.

You can even use the wall.

One last tip for the push up -- if you think.

About his zipper going from your belly button all the way to the middle of your chats and your keeping that zipper zipped up to really and help you incorporate your core.

Better and make it easier to push the right way.

Exercise that I industry -- -- news is the crotch and a -- is a great exercise for help me get a flat stomach and also strengthening your -- that.

-- you incorrectly it's pretty ineffective he could actually hurt your self to do a crunch properly you wanna drop.

Injured starting current position with amusement at about ninety degrees.

You can -- your hands across your chest or can put -- -- -- -- But the most important thing to remember that you want to maintain pressure between your low back.

The ground we shouldn't even be able to -- your hand between them stakes.

Of between -- back in the ground so once you've got pressure maintain.

Begins slowly Hamas.

As -- -- -- And then come back.

The whole -- even though this might be difficult to see I'm maintaining is much pressure as possible with my -- back against the ground.

As long as you knew that you can ensure that you're maximizing the -- -- perhaps as you -- your -- and that's the right way to do crunch.

The next exercise and I'm gonna show you is the squad and -- -- Great exercise for toning your eyes your hips and your -- Can also burn a lot of calories you can hurt your knees though if you don't do it the right way so here is the right way to -- -- Start your seat about shoulder with a -- -- slightly wider than your shoulders.

Now think about your weight being distributed primarily over your mid foot or your keel and not your toes.

If you do that did you drop into a -- You'll notice it's a lot easier to keep your -- behind you.

And your knees behind your toes which is the way that it should look.

Rather than squatting board which you win on your -- and your knees in front of your toes so I'm gonna look slightly forward.

Not hot not too far down.

Dropping to just -- to about ninety degrees -- where we go are going to be sitting in the chair.

And if you can't quite -- down that deep you can still go through a partial range of motion as long as he got bought out and he's behind the toes and that's the right way to do -- The last exercise and I'm gonna show you he's the -- and similar to -- the ones.

Great exercise for toning your hips and -- and your bottom and it's also good for people like runners and -- greeting one leg at a time in their sport.

So the -- You do lunch probably -- you're gonna start with your feet together in just a little bit inside your -- -- if -- step back with one leg.

And with the other leg focus on keeping your -- behind your -- as you look forward to keep the back straight.

We simply pushed out of that -- and that's one round.

You'll know you've gone far enough as you do the -- if the media that -- flag touches the ground.

What you want to keep most of the weight most of the forks and focus on the front flag.

And that's the right way to do watch my name is -- Greenfield.

It's been gifted guy and you can get more fitness tips and tricks just like that over -- fox news magazine dot com.

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