ABS - UGH!

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  • MightyDomo
    MightyDomo Posts: 1,265 Member
    ZUMBA! Honestly it's fun, makes you really move and works not just your core but works your core pretty hard. If you can find a class then great, if you cannot the kinect (XBOX360) is a great alternative and can be done in your home whenever you want.

    Otherwise just get it done and over with each day, set a record and keep trying to beat it every day or a weekly record and try to beat it each week.

    Crunches, Reverse Crunches, Side Crunch, Cross Crunch, Straight Leg Pendulums, Russian (or Plate) Twists, Push-ups (Military Style I find is incredible on arms, back and core), Planks (check out the variations as there are lots that work your core harder), Burpee's, Lying Leg Raise, Squat Lever (this is more of a kettlebell technique but can be done with dumbbells).

    There are tons of ways to work your core, bodybuilding.com that has instructions for moves that you haven't done before.
  • xscarletXbegoniasx
    xscarletXbegoniasx Posts: 74
    abs are made 80% in the kitchen and 20% in the gym, so excessive work outs aren't really necessary.

    But I did like JM 6wk 6pack as well :)
  • Azdak
    Azdak Posts: 8,281 Member
    i joined a program at the ymca that you meet with a wellness coach and a computer system will generate workouts for you. i just started weights and abs. i totally hate it. i am 235 and have a tummy. they have crunches and other fancy ab exercises. but one of them is called a decline crunch that you lay on a board. pretty much upside down. it only had me do 12 yesterday. but i hated hated every minute of it. i wish i had advice for you. but i think its something we have to bite it and just do. i think it took about 15 minutes to complete everything it asked me to do. too soon to really tell if its giving me results. but i also do an hour or more of cardio daily.

    That's what happens when you go cheap and replace trained professionals with cookie cutter programs and "wellness coaches".

    If you weigh 235 pounds, then every second you spend doing ab exercises, is one second you are farther away from achieving your goals.

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