Initially, I was not going to workout today. Then, travel plans fell through and I ended up staying home...so I made a point to do some kind of workout. I was really feeling like I "needed" a good ab workout. Luckily the website (Body Rock) had just posted some great ones! There is a top 10 ab workouts list right on the front page! I decided to take a few of these and put them together for one ultimate ab-explosion workout! So, here is the workout:
Workout: 3 separate routines
Routine 1: 3 minutes 50 on/10 seconds on [no rest with this one]
#1 10 second plank hold
#2 Right oblique plank hold with top arm straight then cross under body [15]
#3 10 second plank hold
#4 Left oblique plank hold with top arm straight then cross under body [17]
#5 10 second plank hold
#6 Plank with opposite hand and toe touch to the side (alternate sides) [21]
Routine 2: 4 minutes 50 seconds on/10 seconds rest
#1 Bicycle crunch left/right then center hold and slow release [6]
#2 Crunch and left/right punch [13]
#3 Right oblique plank touch toe up then out in front [7]
#4 Left oblique plank touch toe up then out in front [10]
Routine 3: 3 minutes 50 seconds on/10 seconds rest
#1 Ball toe touch (alternate sides) then center leg spread [6]
#2 Scissor legs then reverse crunch [9]
#3 Touch toe abs (alternate sides) [21]
Back and arm bonus:
#1 25 tricep dips
#2 10 left arm kick backs
#3 10 right arm kick backs
#4 10 bent over rows
#5 10 butterflies
#6 10 military press
WOW! My abs were on fire when I got done! I like that Lisa stressed quality over quantity in the videos. Sometimes (I know I do this) we get caught up in trying to have better scores than other people, or even yourself that you lose the technique of the routine. Working out is not effective if you do not do it properly. So, I focused on trying very hard to do these ab exercises properly instead of as fast as I can! :) I look forward to another great workout tomorrow! Here's to the next workout...Until then...
April
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