ALLEN TABE BIOGRAPHY

Allen Tabe is a longtime member and volunteer. He is a YMCA Certified Personal Trainer. Allen trains at the Lyons YMCA in Anderson Township where he also helps staff the Fitness Center there. If you see him, feel free to comment on his "TabeTips" or ask him for his help with your fitness routine.


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ALLEN TABE'S AB-OBLIQUE WORKOUT
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Do each exercise 10 times or less to start:

  • While lying on your back with your legs bent and feet flat on floor, slide hands to knees bringing shoulders up off the floor. Keep the lower back pressed against the floor.
  • With the entire back in contact with the floor and your legs bent and your feet flat on the floor about 6 inches from you seat, do alternating heel hits with each hand.
  • Hold your feet off the floor with your legs bent 90 degrees and reach around your legs touching your fingers behind your thighs. Keep the lower back pressed against the floor.
  • With one foot on the floor, cross one leg over the other. Touch the bent knee with the opposite elbow. Switch legs. Do the other leg and arm the same number of times.
  • Hold both legs straight up and reach around your legs touching your fingers behind your thighs. Keep the lower back pressed against the floor.
  • Lay with your legs straight out on the floor and both arms straight out over your head. Alternate bringing the right arm and the left leg together and the left leg and the right arm together. Try to keep the other arm and leg on the floor during the process. Keep the lower back pressed against the floor.
  • While lying on your back, hold both legs straight up and together. Hold both arms straight out over the head. As you open your legs wide, lift your outstretched arms and shoulders up and reach through your legs. Return to the starting position with the arms on the floor and the legs closed. Keep the lower back pressed against the floor.
  • Do a lying down bicycle move keeping your lower back on the floor and touching the opposite knee and elbow together while keeping the outstretched leg off the floor about 6 inches and the non touching elbow in contact with the floor.

For comments, questions or suggestions . . . please email Allen