How many times have you put your hand on your belly, grabbed those “love handles” and realized that its time to tighten up those abs with an ab workout routine? I think we have all been there… Missed ab workout routines, high calorie holiday food or a weekend of barbecue and beer can set us back for sure. But stress out no more! This quick hard core ab workout will get your belly back tight like you want it.
Although you cannot spot reduce, or do ab workouts to burn fat around your abdomen, you can tighten up the muscles underneath to harden your core, which will add a significant amount of tone and improve your overall look. In addition, doing the ab workout will help you burn calories throughout your body, resulting in a decrease in abdominal fat over the long term.
Dedicate today’s ab workout routine to your core muscle. Knock it out and note your well-earned improvements over the next few days.
Perform each exercise for 90 seconds. Take a 30 second break between exercises. Finish all of the exercises, take a one-minute break, and then repeat. If you are using a heavy weight to build muscle, move at a slower pace. If you are using a lighter weight, you may go at a faster pace to build endurance.
When you finish this ab workout routine , post your time below. Next time you come back to the site, you will be able to reference it.
Your Ab Workout Routine:
Wood Chop - Click to view the video
Do 45 seconds on each side… The perfect warm up!
Muscles Worked: Shoulders, triceps, biceps, quadriceps, glutes, hamstrings, core muscles.
Superman - Click to view the video
To keep it balanced, be sure to work your back!
Muscles Worked: Glutes, hamstrings, back muscles.
Ab Twist (Dumbbell) - Click to view the video
Work those obliques… AKA Love Handles!
Muscles Worked: Abdominal muscles, back muscles.
Pilates Crunch 45 Degree Hold - Click to view the video
Hold and meditate… Ignore the burn!
Muscles Worked: Abdominal muscles, back muscles.
Reverse Crunch - Click to view the video
Works your lower abs and back… Difficult, but you will catch on.
Muscles Worked: Abs, lower back.
Repeat!
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