Waist Workout: Learn the Best Exercises for Waist Toning!Just like Warrior II, this yoga ab workout tones the waist by stabilizing the core, which targets the waist muscles better, giving your waistline a tight and firm shape. Also, just like the Warrior II, this yoga abdominal exercise stabilizes your spine and torso, and works an important but overlooked abdominal muscle -- the transverse abdominal. Follow these directions below to perform this move:
Extended Triangle Yoga Abdominal Exercise Pose: Difficulty, 2; lower back, 1. Stand with your feet wide apart. Extend your arms outward at shoulder height, palms facing the floor, as if forming a T. Turn your right foot outward 90 degrees, and turn your left foot inward 45 degrees. Now bend slowly to the right from your waist, keeping your arms extended; place your right palm or fingertips on the floor to the outside of your right ankle. Extend your left arm straight upward. Keep your chest open and expansive, facing forward. Don’t bend forward; pretend you are pressing your back against a wall, from your lower back through your head. If it feels comfortable, turn your head to look upward at your left thumb; if not, simply look forward. Extend each arm all the way through your fingertips, as if making your wing span as wide as possible. Hold for 10 breaths. To release, press through your feet, lifting from the waist to return to standing. Repeat for the left side. Besides working the obliques, core, and transverse abdominal, this exercise:
As you can see this is a beneficial waist exercise to add to your routines!
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