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Abs workout?

AllisonEBrown
AllisonEBrown Posts: 56
edited January 16 in Fitness and Exercise
I have been slowly trying to get into a gym habit since January. I have been doing the stationary bike like it's no one's business, and starting to go on the treadmill, because I signed up for a half marathon in July, and I do not run. I have been doing weights and calisthenics, i.e. push ups, pull ups, squats, lunges. And for my abs, I have been doing 60 seconds of crunches, flutter kicks, lower ab lifts, and side bends with a weight. I also balance things out by doing back exercises. But now, I feel like I am in a funk. My middle-section routine feels boring, with nothing more to do. Does anyone have any suggestions on new or varied exercises to help me out?

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  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    Add in planks and side planks. Do planks and lift opposite arm and leg and alternate sides. There's tons of great plank variations out there. And, if you don't mind doing abs at home, there's a few vides on YouTube that I love for Abs. SparkPeople's Coach Nicole Crunchless, Core, BeFit Channel's 30 day 6 pack abs as a few different strngth workouts (and some good HIIT/Cardio stuff), and I've recently discovered POP Pilates, and I did one of her ab routines, and it was a killer.
  • AllisonEBrown
    AllisonEBrown Posts: 56
    Thank you so much for that! I will definitely try out those exercises, and check out those youtube videos.
  • cappri
    cappri Posts: 1,089 Member
    Yoga! Yoga is giving me amazing results in shrinking my waist and revealing/increasing my ab muscles.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    I got a great ab workout doing a Jillian Michaels DVD the other day (No More Trouble Zones). Here are some of the moves...a lot of these are more combo moves where you're working more than one part at a time:

    Planks
    Side planks (so hard!)
    Plank twists
    Planks with toe touches
    Hollow man with scissor kicks
    Crunches with chest pres
    Double crunch with legs at 90 degrees
    Bicycle crunches (slow to get full effect)
    Windshield wipers (leg lifts but to the side)
    Supermans (with or without arm pull-backs)
    Bridges/pelvic thrusts - beginner-both feet on ground, intermediate-one leg crossed so foot rests above knee, expert-one leg straight up
    Squirms (on back, knees bent, raise shoulders and touch alternating inside of ankle with fingers - works obliques)
  • tacguy
    tacguy Posts: 196
    Yoga! Yoga is giving me amazing results in shrinking my waist and revealing/increasing my ab muscles.

    Yep, what she said!
  • Hearts_2015
    Hearts_2015 Posts: 12,033 Member
    Yoga! Yoga is giving me amazing results in shrinking my waist and revealing/increasing my ab muscles.

    Yep, what she said!
    I'll add Pilate's to this as well...fantastic core workout that really helps tone and strengthen!
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