Great Ab Workouts!

 

Here they are, Ab workouts! i know, i know don’t feel up to working out? Well these moves will really show results. So get movin’ and get the ab’s you’ve always wanted. 

Standing Lower-Ab Curl

(works your lower rectus abdominis) Stand with your back to a wall, feet about a foot away from it, knees soft. Keeping feet in place, lean against the wall and rest hands on it by your sides. Contract your abs and bend and lift right knee as you raise shoulders a few inches off the wall and curl down toward your knee.

 

 

 

 

 

Immediately repeat with left knee, keeping your shoulders lifted off the wall the entire time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Army Sit-Up

(works your upper rectus ab-dominis) Lie down, knees bent, feet together and anchored under an ottoman or a couch; loop a towel around the back of your neck and hold each end.

 

 

 

 

 

Contract abs and lift shoulders, then your back, curling all the way up. Too strenuous? Just lift shoulder blades off the floor. Lower almost to floor and repeat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Reach

(works your lower rectus abdominis) Lie back, holding a ball (any kind will do) in both hands, arms raised toward the ceiling, legs extended, feet flexed. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contract abs and butt and lift shoulder blades a few inches off the floor. Aim to lift the ball straight up toward the ceiling rather than forward. Lower until shoulders are about an inch from the floor and repeat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knee Lift

(works your lower rectus abdominis) Sit on the edge of a chair, knees bent, feet flat on the floor; hold on to sides of chair. Tighten abs, lean back slightly and lift feet several inches (keeping knees bent).

 

 

 

 

 

Pull knees in toward chest and crunch upper body forward. Lower feet almost to floor and repeat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modified Jackknife

(works your obliques) Lie on your left side, left leg extended, left knee soft, right knee bent, foot on the floor behind left knee. Extend left arm on floor, bend right elbow and place hand behind head.

 

 

 

 

Crunch up to the side, lifting right shoulder toward right hip. Lower almost to starting position and repeat. Complete both sets; switch sides and repeat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Side-to-Side Crunch

(works your upper rectus abdominis and obliques) Lie back, knees bent 90 degrees, feet 2 feet apart; place right hand on stomach and rest left arm by sidLift shoulders several inches off the floor and reach left hand toward right knee. 

 

 

 

Lower almost to start and repeat on opposite side, placing left hand on stomach and reaching right hand toward left knee (that’s one rep).