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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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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.