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15 Minute Ab Workout

When it comes to doing ab workouts there are so many different exercises and moves you can do to work your core. This is great because it means everyone can find a way they like to get their core workout in, but the downside is it’s hard to know which moves are best and come up with a routine. Although everyone is different this is my favorite ab workout. 

My tip every ab workout is to engage your core, so that you’re really working your muscles. While this sounds complicated or maybe even confusing, it’s quite simple. All you have to do is suck in your stomach. This is a similar motion to what happens when you laugh, so if you’re confused next time you laugh take note of how your stomach feels. 

15 minute ab workout routine

  • High plank 30 sec
  • Low plank 30 sec
  • Spiderman plank/knee to elbow plank 10rep on each side
  • Standard crunch 20 rep
  • Russian twist 10 rep 
  • Bicycle crunch 10 rep
  • Standard crunch 20 rep
  • In and out 10 rep
  • Bicycle crunch 10 rep
  • Hip dips 20 rep
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When Is The Best Time Of Day To Workout?

Everyone already knows exercising has many benefits. The question is when is the best time to exercise to get the full benefits. There have been many different opinions on when the best time to exercise is, which makes it hard to figure out which is actually the best.

Taking in every different factor here is actually the best time to work out for your health, sleep, schedule and more. 

Working out in the morning

Working out in the morning is the best time to burn fat. It can also get your day going by giving you a boost of energy and can actually make your day more productive and happy. 

Even if the idea of getting up early in the morning to workout sounds terrible, working out in the morning may actually be able to help. Studies have shown that working out around 7-8 am can actually shift your sleep schedule to get tired earlier in the evening and get up earlier in the morning. 

Lastly working out in the morning is a good way to ensure other activities won’t get in the way of your workout. I personally prefer working out in the morning so I can get it out of the way and wont have to worry about it the rest of the day. 

Really the only con of working out in the morning is just having to get up earlier. But if you can try to get yourself up a little earlier to squeeze in a workout you may have a better day!

Working out in the afternoon

If you can’t get yourself up for a morning workout an afternoon workout is not a bad second choice. If you notice you start to feel tired or lazy in the afternoon, moving your workout to the afternoon may be a good idea. Working out in the afternoon can give you an extra boost of energy to get you through the day. 

Working out in the afternoon can also increase the quality of your workout, because you’ve probably eaten a few meals. The biggest con to exercising in the afternoon is fitting it into your schedule. For most the afternoon is the busiest time so fitting in exercise may just be overwhelming. 

Working out at night

While working out at night may be the easiest option, that’s basically the only benefit. Yes for some you may have more energy allowing a more high intensity workout but for others it’s quite the opposite. Sometimes after a long day working out is the last thing you want to do. 

As Well as the lack of pros there is also a con to workout out in the evening. Studies suggest that working out at night can make it harder to sleep, and throw off your sleep schedule. However as long as you workout 1 or 2 hours before bedtime you should be able to avoid this. 

In conclusion what time you work out really depends on your personal needs and preferences. As I said earlier I prefer to work out in the morning because it fits my needs and schedule but what’s really important is just getting in a workout no matter what time.

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How Does Yoga Relieve Stress

No matter who you are you’ve probably been told yoga can help relieve stress, at some point in your life. But why does yoga actually relieve stress and if so how? Yoga is a great way to combat stress and anxiety, everyone has dealt with being anxious and whether it’s severe or not yoga can help ease that feeling. So here’s how yoga actually does help with reducing anxiety.

  1. Breathe work in yoga

Breathe work is a great method to stimulate relaxation in the mind. This works because when you do breathe work you are stimulating what you do when you’re calm. Yoga methods include breathe work whether it be something super simple such as just doing deep breathing or something more complicated. No matter how simple it is breathe work is a great way to reduce stress.  

  1. Relaxation

Similarly to meditation yoga can produce relaxation and a clear mind. Combined with the breathe work, the poses in yoga helps combat stress. This is because yoga poses stimulate power which doesn’t go hand in hand with anxiety. 

  1. Exercise

            Yoga is a form of exercise which on its own can relieve stress and combined with the  

            relaxation and breath work yoga is a gateway to removing stress. Exercise releases 

            endorphins that relieve stress.