Ab Workout
During the fall, I ran cross country with my school team. Our coach has an interesting set of ab workouts that I felt like sharing. You can do however many you feel like, we do 10 of each exercise at the start of the season. It’s a better workout if there are no pauses between exercises.
1st: Regular crunches, knees up, legs not crossed. 10 of these.
2nd: Bicycle crunches (elbow to opposite knee while legs “pedal”) 10 elbow to knee for each knee.
3rd: Lying on your back with your arms and legs spread out, take your right hand and touch your left toe. Do the same with the left hand. 10 to each side, alternating.
4th: Still lying on your back in a star shape, keeping your shoulders pressed against the ground, swing your right leg and touch your left hand. Repeat with the left leg. 10 to each side, alternating.
5th: Lying on your back, legs together, arms above your head, sit up and touch your toes with your legs still straight. 10 of these.
6th: Lying on your back, legs straight up in the air, swing your feet from one side to another without touching the ground. It should look like your feet are windshield washers. After 10 to each side, put your feet back in the middle and do 10 little ones to each side, moving your feet about one foot to the right or left. 10 of those to each side.
7th: V-Ups. Kind of hard to explain, so for those of you who don’t know what a v-up is, here is a link that has a video in it. http://www.workoutz.com/exercise/v_ups 10 of these.
There might be one more I’m forgetting, but these are the exercises we use to improve our core muscles.
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Ab Workout
January 5th, 2008 11:10 am
Brad Hefta-Gaub says:
Wow, that sounds like a great workout… I will give this a try.
I’ve heard that the abs are the one major muscle group that you can push every day… as it recovers more quickly than any other muscle group.
How often do you do this workout?
January 5th, 2008 12:19 pm
drizzit12 says:
I try and do this at least four times a week, but usually I get 5 times a week in.
January 6th, 2008 8:22 am
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January 16th, 2008 11:35 pm
A Fat Kid Becomes An Ironman » Abs and Chest Workout » Sweat365 » Fitness Community says:
[...] Tyler came over tonight for a strength training session. We started with Drizzit’s Killer Ab Workout. This was pretty challenging and definitely hits every little part of your abs. I could feel different exercises targeting different parts of my abdominal muscles. I added some decline oblique twists to the workout. Then hit 5 reps of pull ups and on to a chest workout. [...]
January 21st, 2008 11:53 pm
A Fat Kid Becomes An Ironman » Circuit Training-Mixed Strength and Cardio Session » Sweat365 » Fitness Community says:
[...] Drizzit’s killer ab workout, which is documented here. [...]