I did an unexpected abdominal workout today and it was probably the most intense ab workout I’ve ever done. Awesome! My husband and I both wanted to do cardio today since we didn’t yesterday so while one of us ran, the other one did abs. It worked out pretty well!
Abdominal Workout
I got the ab workout I did from the March 2010 issue of Oxygen Magazine. It was basically 1 giant set of 5 different abdominal exercises and I went through the circuit 3 times. And see the girl in the photo inside this post? I’m pretty sure I wasn’t smiling like that. It was grueling, I was sweating and I was nauseated.
Kneeling Cable Crunches (modified)
*We don’t have any cable equipment in our basement, so I just hung a resistance band folded in half, from our squat rack and used that as a “cable”.
- 3 sets x 20 reps
Hanging Knee Raise
- 3 sets x 20 reps
Weighted Crunch on Stability Ball
- 3 sets x 20 reps
Reverse Crunch on Flat Bench
- 3 sets x 20 reps
Oblique Lying Crunch
- 3 sets x 20 reps
Steady State Cardio Workout
Normally I would do a longer cardio workout, but instead I did a short workout at a fairly good rate of speed and maxed the incline. I burned 1/2 the calories I normally burn in one hour, in 20 minutes. Might be doing more cardio workouts like this one:
- Warm-up @ 4 mph for 2 minutes
- Steady state @ 6 mph, 10% incline for 15 minutes
- Cool-down @ 4 mph for 3 minutes
Total Distance: 1.931 miles
Total Time: 21 minutes
Total Calories Burned: 310
I haven’t done any ab workouts in forever, I know my entire midsection will be hurting tomorrow!
Have a great night,
Melinda
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