Weight Disorders: What are some of your favorite at-home exercises for toning up the belly and elsewise?

Question by under contract: What are some of your favorite at-home exercises for toning up the belly and elsewise?
I already know about kegels and other standard exercises, but figured out two new ones this morning, and I can tell if I keep doing it, my stomach will not pop out so much, and my waist will show more, as will my glutes, neck and the rest:

I don't have names for these things yet, so maybe you could help me name it too. Both things are so simple but burn up a lot of energy, make you sweat if you do it a lot:

1st Exercise (after doing other stuff)

Step One: Grab two hand weights of 5 lbs or less, one in each hand. Should be less than or equal to 5 lbs so you don't mess up your knees or back muscles. Stand with feet shoulder width apart (or more if you fancy, but not too much more.)
Step Two: Slightly squat, try to keep the back kinda straight but don't tense it. Don't tense any muscle group, actually.
Step Three: Slowly, very slowly, lower one hand to the knee. Do not bang the weight on your knee, don't even rest on it. Slowly go back up as high as is comfortable. What you do on one side, do to the other.
Step Four: When you have done at least three reps of ten, twenty, or what is comfortable for you if you like to go higher, you can experiment with squatting lower or holding your squat higher! It is an awesome exercise. No, I do not have photos to help you see how to do it right, and no I am not a gym instructor so do it at your own risk. Use common sense. If it hurts the wrong way, you know to stop!

2nd Exercise:

Also very simple, but not intense in the same ways as the first.

Step One: Set a sturdy fold up footstool (no higher than nine or ten inches really) on a very open space of the floor. You might like a floor mat for this one if you do not have carpeting.

Step Two: Without standing on the thing, just keep taking steps on it with each leg, making sure the legs are being lifted very well and the foot flatly touches the whole thing before you bring it back to the floor. Do not place your weight on the thing. If you decide to use a stair step or other such object, you could probably place your weight on it, but try not to or the exercise won't work as well! It's supposed to resemble marching in place with lots of control.
Step Three: If it becomes too easy, you can sometimes add the hand weights with the steps. You can go to one knee each time it goes on the step or to the sides or straight out to the sides. But don't go over your shoulder or head with it while doing the steps.

(The step stool exercise might not be a newish thing but it's just something I figured out that I like that is starting to work a lot.)

What are some of your favorites that are working or have already worked very well? That you can keep doing after you are well-toned, to keep toned?

Best answer:
If you want ab exercises variety, checkout P90X Ab-Ripper X, it's 15 minutes of very good stomach exercises.

Bicycles, in and out flies, leg climbers, side crunches, scissors etc.

What do you think? Answer below!

Floorings Creative Approach is In Nowadays

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f you want to create a lasting first impression of your beautiful interiors, you need to start with the entryway floors and weight up the hallway which is the area where your guest will first step into. Of course you can continue the lovely flooring to the other rooms as well. Let me tell you that adding a unique touch to regular flooring is the trick to making it look the best. There are a number of creative flooring ideas which can be considered to make your interiors look appealing and truly unique. Even with the most common floor tiles you can create an uncommon and appealing space that spruces up your interiors. Let's move on to find out the unique flooring ideas.

Creative Ideas for Flooring

Lovely LayoutsBefore you explore the various flooring ideas and use new tiles to cover up your interior floors, you can stick to the basics and still create an eye-catching floor surface. Let me tell you that nothing can replace the charm of natural tiles like stone, granite, brick and marble. These give a warm and rich touch to your interiors without much effort. Further tryout various layouts and design patterns to have creative floor designs with these plush tiles.

Add InlaysNo matter which tiles you are use, adding inlays is a great way to add interest to the plain and simple floors. Also, consider adding inlays to create lovely borders, round or square patterns which rest a few inches away from the walls or any other patterns that you find interesting. Use inlays of the same material as that of the floor or use inlays of another material, the right combination is sure to create a beautiful looking surface. Patterned wood laid in simple wood floors, wood laid in tiles, tiles laid in tiles like mosaic in ceramics, pebbles in marble can all make nice combos.

Rug or Carpet EffectYou always have the option of using attractive floor mats, area rugs and carpets to make the floor attractive. These add a warm touch to the floors and help highlight certain patches in the total span of the flooring. One of the cheap and creative flooring ideas is to add that area rug or carpet effect in between the large area of flooring. You can easily do this by choosing an entirely different type and/or color and/or design, shape and size of tiles that are smartly laid to create a pattern which closely resembles area rugs or carpets. Well, creating this effect is not easy and you'll need skilled labor for the same. Simplest designs with borders and nice choice of colors can play up the beauty of your floors.

Dual Toned LookOne of the creative, inexpensive flooring ideas is to get a dual toned look with two sets of tiles used for creating attractive flooring surface. Use tiles of same type and dimensions and lay them in a basket-weave layout style to create a nice dual tone effect. Get two sets of tiles - one in a dark, and one in a light shade. Make sure you include a light and dark shade of the same color for the perfect dual toned look. This is also a good plywood flooring idea where two shades of planks can be used alternately for creating dual toned floors.

Add the Gracious GlassNothing can create the magic of glass tiles which can also work well in combination with other simpler tiles. All you need to do is find the right combination of color and get a set of glass tiles to jazz up the simple ones. Of course glass tiles must be used sparingly, just for the purpose of playing up the floors. You can use small square shaped glass tiles and install them in double rows to create a beautiful pattern or border work in between the other floor tiles.

Patterned floor tiles that give a traditional look to the floors and that complete carpeting effect are also nice picks for creating unique floor patches in between the regular flooring area. With so many options that the world of floor tiles offers you need not work hard on finding the ultimate design pattern for spicing up your floors.

Weight Disorders

2012/05/17

What are some of your favorite at-home exercises for toning up the belly and elsewise?

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