You may find it difficult to get down on the floor to do abdominal exercises for obese people but there are plenty of other ways to defy gravity and get your ab workout in. If you are anything like me getting down is not the major problem, the problem comes when you try to get back up.
So, now that we have determined that floor crunches are out, how about a standing ab routine? Yup, I said a standing ab routine. All you have to do is, first and foremost, protect your knees. Help them hold you up by buying a couple of decent knee braces. Knee braces will give you the support you need to get through a work out routine. Now, if you have a good workout video, put it in the DVD player. Even if it doesn't have a standing ab workout, specifically, you can adapt what they do on the floor to a standing position.
Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and soften your knees. Tuck your pelvis under to protect your lower back and with slow, controlled movements, start crunching. Squeeze your abs with each movement and remember to keep breathing. Breathe out with every crunch and in when you come up. Do this ten times, then relax for thirty seconds. Do ten more then relax again for thirty seconds. Do this a third time.
Now, if you can go on with your abdominal exercises for obese people, still slow and controlled, crunch to the side. This will work your oblique muscles. Your obliques are the muscles on your side that help with balance. You have heard people talk about having a six-pack? The obliques will make it more pronounced when you get one. I know right now you feel like you are working with a full case, but we can whittle that down to a twelve pack then to that six pack with these very simple moves.
Your abs are frequently referred to as your core. A good core routine will do several things for you like, improve your posture and balance, get rid of those love handles or spare tire and make you look like you always thought you should look.
Another way to get a good core work out without putting strain on your knees is with an exercise ball. Just learning to sit on one correctly will improve the strength of your core. If you have one,go get it and make sure it has enough air in it. If you don't have one, go buy a decent one, bring it home and blow it up. Measure it around it's widest point to make sure you have it inflated properly. Sit on it and try to keep your balance. Maybe not so easy to do right off the bat, is it? Just takes some practice, that's all.
Now you have a couple of tips for abdominal exercises for obese people that won't make you have to get down on the floor but will still give you a great abdominal work out. You will be sore tomorrow but stick with it, it's worth it.