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General Tip - For best results exercises should be completed every other day!

Motivational Tip - Break up the exercises into small sets of 10-16 repetitions so the amount you do is not so daunting.

Training Programme - Abdominal (Tummy) basic home training programme (3 sets of 10-16 reps for each exercise)

Hands on thigh crunch - Lay on the floor with your legs bent and feet on the floor, shoulder width apart. With your hands on your thighs tense your tummy muscles and thus run your hands up to and/or just beyond your knees. Then slowly return to the floor. Try not to tense your neck too much.

Side Crunch - Lay flat on the floor. Bend at the knee and lift your legs. Hold them still in this position. With your hands on your temples sit up and slightly twist. Return to the starting position and repeat alternating sides.

Alternate Side Crunch - Laying on the floor you do the same as above with your upper body (alternate side crunches). With your legs you lift them so they are bent at the knee. Then you straighten one leg keeping it off the floor. The leg that remains bent is the side that you sit up to. Then return legs to starting position and straighten the other leg repeating repeating the sit up to that side.

Feet Dip - Lay flat on the floor with your hands at your side. Keep your head and shoulders on the floor. Slightly bend your legs and lift them until they are above your waist. Flexing your tummy muscles lower your legs maintaining the same angle at the knee, moving only from the hip, to just above the floor. Using your tummy only lift legs back to the start point.

Straight Crunch - Lay on the floor and lift your legs bending slightly at the knee. With your hands on your temples tense your tummy muscles and curl straight up. You don't need to curl up all the way, just far enough so that your upper back is between 10 and 20cm above the floor.