Build Muscles with Targeted Exercises

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Build Muscles With Targeted Exercises Proper exercise is the key to a healthy body. Doing correct exercises let you build muscles and increases your strength. Targeted exercises, in particular, helps you develop muscle strength and size, while correcting muscle imbalance in specific muscle groups. This type of exercises should be part of every health buff’s work out plan. There are a lot of targeted exercises you can do to build muscles on specific body parts, be it the chest, the triceps, the biceps or the legs. Below, we have drawn up a list of exercises specially targeting the abdominal muscles or abs, one of the parts of the body where it is hardest to build muscles. You can achieve this, however, by regularly performing the following exercises.

• Leg Raises
  This exercise is perfect if you want to target and build muscles in your lower abdominal area, which tends to be a problematic part for both men and women. To perform, lie down on an exercise mat, with legs stretched out. From this position, slowly lift your legs off the floor to an angle less than 90 degrees. Pause for a second then lower your legs to an angle close to touching the floor again. This is the key to performing leg raises: proper tension on the abs. Repeat this routine based on the directions given to you by your instructor.
• Exercise Ball Crunches
  This exercise works well for those who want to build muscles in the upper abdominal area. This routine involves performing regular crunches on an exercise ball, which reduce base intensifies your abdominal work out. This is effective for building muscles deep within the core. Try to do a set of 12 repetitions if it is your first time to try such an exercise.
• The Bicycle
  Do this exercise to eliminate your love handles and make your obliques more prominent. This exercise is performed by lying down, slightly lifting the legs above the ground, and then bringing one knee into the chest. Simultaneously twist the body so that the opposite side comes to meet that knee. Repeat same movement with the reverse direction. You know you are doing this exercise correctly if your legs start mimicking the motion when you are pedaling a bicycle.
• The Plank
  This exercise is best for the core abdominal muscles, while also working the muscles lining the back. The correct form for this exercise consists of placing your forearms on the floor just underneath the body. Make sure that your legs are stretched out, and your body, as flat as possible. Balance on your toes for 30 to 60 seconds or until you can hold the position.
• The Sit-Ups
  This other exercise used to build muscles in the abdomen and eliminate belly fat is pretty straightforward. Just lie flat on the floor, then bring your upper body up while also bringing the knees up to meet at the same time. Pause at the top and hold the position for a few seconds, before lowering back down again. The motion should be like the repetitive movements of an accordion.

These are just five of the many targeted exercises you can do to build muscles. For more information on how to build muscles through targeted exercises, log on to www.buildmymuscles.org.

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