Don’t you just love taking a break!

Time for another short story on how to take a break while doing strenuous Kickboxing exercises . In class, ‘break’ could mean side bridge as well (previous article ‘break’ meant ironman). The side bridge works on the muscles on the side and the spine. It works on balance and is also a very effective core strengthening exercise. It works on your physical and mental endurance since holding the position for quite sometime can be quite arduous. The side bridge is a great way to get rid of those ‘love handles’ !

How to ‘take another effective break’

• Start by lying on your side with your legs straight out
• Lift your body, holding it up with one bent arm parallel to the floor.
• Make sure your entire body is in a straight line
• Your knees should be straight and not bent
• One leg should be on top of the other
• Keep your abs tight
• Try and hold the counts for as long as you can and then increase by 20 counts every time after you find out your initial limit

Things to watch out for are- not to let your hip go too low as you won’t be stressing the muscles on your side then!

Where all you can ‘take a break’

• Reading a book or comic
• Watching Television-who said you can’t get fit watching television,
• Watching movies, series on a laptop
• Chatting with somebody on the computer/laptop-since one hand is free that way you can improve your single handed typing
• Chatting with  a friend who came to visit you
• When someone needs an obstacle to jump over or practice taking rolls over an obstacle
• Kickboxing Class-since you do get tired, a ‘break’ is most needed 

I’m sure you can think up more ways to ‘take a break’. So add more to the list and continue to enjoy your journey to tougher abs and good core strength