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It is less than a week into the New Year, and you’ve already blown your resolution to eat right and exercise. Help is on the way, and right at your doorstep! Personal trainer Angel Rocha (www.engineeringfitness.com) will bring her mobile gym --complete with exercise equipment-- to you, if you live in the Morris and Sussex County area. We asked for a sample work-out to firm our abs. Rocha says always start with basic crunches: First, lay on the floor-- hands behind your head-- and elevate your feet so your legs make a 90 degree angle with your body. Focus on squeezing your abs to bring yourself up and down, slowly releasing your muscles. Angel says a common mistake crunchers make is using arms and head -- not abs -- to bring the body upward. Next, try the reverse crunch. Lay on the floor in the same position and focus on bringing your pelvis towards the lower part of your rib cage. Again, use those abs, not your legs, to slowly move your pelvis toward and away from your ribs. Don’t count on crunches alone to reduce the flab. You need to work on that wall of fat that sits on top of your abdominal muscles before your tummy is good and tight. Combine these exercises with a low-fat diet ? that four letter word we all dread ? weight training, and a regular schedule of aerobic workouts. If you can’t get to the gym and you don’t want a visit from a personal trainer www.collagevideo.com has a huge collection of videos to motivate and assist you. Good luck, and remember -- you’ve still got 360 days to keep your resolution! Monday: the hottest trend in hair extensions. Have a great weekend!
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