Ten-Minute Belly Dancing Abs Workout

Belly dancing is not simply the hip wiggle and jiggle but in fact an abs workout that helps in sculpting all muscles in the core inclusive of the tough-to-target deep transverse abdominals. Simply doing these ten minute abs workout routines daily would help in shimmying one’s way to an enviable, sexy belly.

Rib Cage Slides

• One starts off by standing and placing hands on the hips and feet close to one another.
• Moving merely the ribs to the right side and then back via the core of the trunk and then to the left side as well.
• These movements are to be done for around a minute from side-to-side and helps in targeting obliques and the rectus abdominis muscles.

Hip Circles

• Stand by placing feet at distance hip width apart and arms to be raised to a slight extent on one’s sides. Now, shifting the hips to the left as though one were replicating using a hula hoop.
• Now, moving the hips in a gyrating motion to the fore, right and then back.
• Repeating in the opposite direction as well.
• Continuing to alternate for around one minute.
• These moves target the obliques and gluteal muscles.

Lateral Number Eight

• Standing and placing arms to the sides and feet placement hip width apart.
• Leaning left hip forwards in a diagonal manner.
• Shifting hip to the left side then around to the back and then middle.
• Repeating with the right hip and continually interchanging, as though one’s hips were imaginatively making a number eight on the ground.
• These moves are to be done for about two minutes and target the lower part of the rectus abdominus muscles.

Perpendicular Number Eight

• Lifting left hip, heeling and then leaning to the left.
• Dropping the hip as well as the heels and return hips to the middle.
• Repeating to the right side.
• Now merging both the sides in an even movement.
• Imagining as though one would be sketching a number 8 on the barrier or wall ahead of oneself with one’s navel.
• These moves are to be done for two to three minutes and would target the lower section of the rectus abdominus and obliques muscles.

Rippling Moves

• Pressing torso forwards while one draws shoulder and arm region at one’s sides and arches the spine.
• Reversing the movement by drawing the abdominals inwards, tuck the pelvic region and bring shoulders to the fore.
• Continually alternate for creating a rippled letter S employing spine.
• These two minute long moves help in targeting the rectus abdominus muscles.

Abdominal Rolls

• Starting off this abs workout by raising left hip and heel and leaning to the left.
• Inhaling and expanding the rib-cage then pulling in the lower part of the abs.
• Reversing the movement by unwinding and then expand the lower abdomen as one draws in the upper abdomen.
• Alternating in-between the duos motions, create rising and falling waves motion with the abs.
• These moves are to be done for two minutes and would target the rectus abdominus.

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