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Flat stomach: exercises with a Twin Pin cushion to reduce gut in confinement
Fitness
Personal trainers Esther and Gema Pineda, Pin Twins, propose this routine of five exercises to reduce belly during quarantine
PM1:53A tummy routine to “remove gut” and reduce “love handles” … This is one of the most frequent requests that fans make to the Gemelas Pin. Personal trainers Esther and Gema Pineda are still confined at home, but they do not stop their intense sports activity planning Workout online and creating routines to work specific areas of the body, either through their direct on Instagram (where they have more than 65.000 followers) or with the routines published every Wednesday on ABC Bienestar. Your living room is now known as the “Gym Pin.” For the Pin Twins they are still homebound, but more active than ever.
Last week they challenged us with their HIIT exercise routine to tone the whole body, although their routine with resistance bands to strengthen the body was also a success and in the previous proposals they encouraged us to exercise to relieve back pain and introduce ourselves in HIIT with an original exercise table for which they propose to use a stool.
Abdominal chart
- Time
- 15-18 minutes
- Drill
- 5
- Reps (each exercise)
- 15
- Rest (every exercise)
- 15 ”
- TV Shows
- 3
This week the Pin Twins propose the challenge of finishing with a «tablet» when the end of the confinement (No, we are not talking about the chocolate bar you keep in the cupboard), but a “bar” in your abs. For this they have prepared a routine of five exercises that can be done in about 15 minutes. Of each exercise 15 repetitions will be made, a rest of about 15 seconds is taken between each exercise and the series is repeated three times. To perform four of the five exercises you will need a sofa or bedroom cushion. This item will help you increase the difficulty of the board. Read these instructions, hit the video above and… let’s get to it!
Exercise 1: plank walking
To perform this exercise, we will place ourselves in an abdominal plank position and we will bring one arm forward, touching with the hand as far as possible. We will perform this movement alternately, first with one arm and then with another. It is important, as always, that we keep the hips aligned with the rest of the body.
Exercise 2: Cushion Leg Raise
We place ourselves in a supination position (supine position or body position lying face up, in a plane parallel to the ground). We keep the back and lumbar glued to the ground. To practice the exercise, we will slightly bend our knees to do elevations in a controlled way. To increase the difficulty of the exercise, we will hold a cushion with our ankles.
Exercise 3: Cushion bent legs
We remain in the same supination position that we had in the previous exercise. But to do this we are going to keep our legs at a 90 degree angle. Holding a cushion with the opposite arm and leg, we will extend the limbs that are free, reaching the floor line. Remember to perform this movement in a controlled and alternative way.
Exercise 4: Sitting with a cushion
To practice this exercise, we will rest our buttocks and hands on the floor and we will perform lateral leg shrugs, holding the cushion with our ankles.
Exercise 5. Pendulum movement
In this last exercise of the table we will perform a balance with the body and we will end up supporting the heels on the ground and extending the arms bringing the elbows to the height of the ears.