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It’s Wednesday and that means a quick 10 minute workout to keep our momentum up for the rest of the week.
Yes, you DO have 10 minutes to spare in your day!

Today’s topic—abdominal muscles.

Let’s face it….our abs have not been the same since having kids. They were stretched to their limit during pregnancy and now look and feel like a partially deflated balloon.

It’s going to take hard work and clean eating but the good news is that we can get our awesome abs back! Right now, the elusive six pack is hiding in the cooler and today is the day to make a dent in that insulation.

The below exercises will help get your abs back in shape. I’ve included pictures for some of them. If you have any questions on how to do these, feel free to email me.

The workout is only 10 minutes so you CAN do this!

Do each exercise for 30 seconds and then take a 30 second break before starting the next one.

Remember to breathe and to draw your navel in toward your spine. If the exercise hurts your lower back, skip it and do a different one. Your goal here is to challenge–not injure– yourself!

1. Crunches on the exercise ball (if you don’t have a ball, do them on the floor. Put ‘exercise ball’ on your shopping list!)
2. crossover crunch on exercise ball
   
3. V-sit
   
4. V-sit with a twist (add in a medicine ball here if you have one!)
5. Reverse crunch
6. low plank (on elbows)
   
7. low plank with alternating leg raises. (leg only should come a few inches off of floor)
8. regular crunches
9. high plank with alternating knee ups. Start in a push up position. Draw right knee in toward left elbow, place foot back down. Repeat on opposite side.
10. side plank–either with or without hip dips.
    

These are just some of my favorites, feel free to add some of your own!
If you have the time, do the set again.

Remember though, to really get those abs to shine through, we need to focus on cleaning up our diet and burning the body fat.

More on this another day—right now we’ve got work to do! No excuses!

Written on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 at 2:32 am
Filed under workouts.
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