Beckham's new move to strengthen abdominal muscles: boxing-style sit-ups

Former British "soccer golden boy" David Beckham loves sports and often goes to the gym to keep in shape. Recently, Beckham uploaded a video of himself training in the gym to a social networking site. In the video, Beckham adapted the training movements of boxing king Floyd Mayweather. He did sit-ups, then stood up, then lay down and continued to do sit-ups, and repeated this over and over again. Domestic fitness coaches pointed out that this "boxing champion sit-up" is very explosive. (Video/taken from YouTube)

Beckham often goes to the gym to keep his muscles strong and fit

Beckham has many fans around the world. After retiring from his football career, he still often goes to the gym to keep in shape. Beckham, now 40 years old, still looks very strong. The "boxing sit-ups" that Beckham performed in the film are a compound training exercise that requires a certain level of muscle endurance and is not something that everyone can do.

"Boxing Champion Sit-ups" Strengthens abdominal and thigh muscles

Domestic coach Lai Peien pointed out that this movement can train four parts including the core muscles, quadriceps, lower back muscles, and calf muscles. Among them, the core muscles mainly refer to the muscles of the abdomen and lower back; the quadriceps are the muscles above the knee and on the front of the thigh.

When doing Beckham's "Boxing Champion Sit-ups", you need to use your abdominal muscles to move to a half-squat position, then switch to using your quadriceps, then tighten your core muscles and stand up. When squatting, you will use your quadriceps and gluteus maximus. Lai Peien said that it can strengthen the abdominal muscles, increase the explosive power of the thigh muscles, and improve the stability of the core muscles.

Jogging warm-up before fitness under the guidance of a coach

However, this movement is not easy. It requires people with stable core and sufficient thigh muscle strength to perform. It is recommended that beginners and those who are overweight should not try it easily to avoid injury. Before doing "Boxing King Sit-ups", you should do a full body warm-up, such as jogging or using a treadmill, for about 15 to 20 minutes. In addition, since this movement is a training for muscle explosiveness, there is no need to stretch during warm-up, so as to avoid relaxing the muscles first, which would make it impossible to achieve the training effect.

Don't be distracted to prevent back sprains. Do it every two days.

"Boxing sit-ups" require the use of abdominal and back strength, so coach Lai Peien reminds you not to be distracted when doing the exercise to avoid spraining your waist and causing lower back pain. It is better to have a professional coach to guide you, which is safer. In addition, one time is counted from lying down to standing up. It is recommended to take 10 times as a set. You can do 4 sets every two days, and rest for 30 seconds to 1 minute between each set.