Looking for a fast way to snap into shape? Get a flat stomach without resorting to boring sit-ups with this ab workout! Imagine if your belly always looked as good as it does when you turn sideways in the mirror and suck it in.
To work your midsection, you don’t need more time, you just need to be more creative. Long gone are the days of spending a full hour training your abs. To maximize time and efficiency, sometimes all you need is a 10-minute ab workout.
Ab exercises can help, but 5 or even 50 minutes of crunches won’t do any good if you’re letting it all hang out for the remaining 23 hours of the day. Got 10 minutes? Then you’ve got time to lose weight for good with new 10-minute workouts. And get firmer arms, butt, and thighs while you’re at it too!
1. Pike and Extend:
Targets: Abs, legs
How to:
- Lie face-up on a mat with legs extended over hips, arms overhead.
- Crunch up, reaching hands toward feet.
- Keeping legs straight, bring your arms back overhead as you lower your upper back and left leg toward the floor.
- Crunch up, lifting a left leg over hips and reaching hands to toes.
- Switch legs; repeat.
- Do 20 reps, alternating sides.
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2. Chest Flye with Leg Extension:
Targets: Chest, abs
How to:
- Lie face-up on a mat, knees bent 90 degrees over hips, holding a dumbbell in each hand, arms extended over the chest, palms in.
- Keeping right knee bent, straighten left leg toward the floor as you lower arms out to sides.
- Hold for 1 count, then return to start.
- Do 10 reps.
- Switch legs; repeat.
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3. Knee-Up with Overhead Press:
Targets: Shoulders, abs, glutes
How to:
- Sit on the mat with knees bent and feet on the floor, holding dumbbells near shoulders, elbows by sides, palms in.
- Lean back slightly and extend your arms overhead as you lift your feet a few inches off the floor and bring your knees toward your chest.
- Hold the position for 1 to 3 counts; return to start.
- Do 15 reps.
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4. Lunge and Twist:
Targets: Abs, glutes, legs
How to:
- Stand with feet together.
- Lunge back with left leg, bending knees 90 degrees, and reach left hand to the right foot.
- Stand up, lift your left knee in front of you to hip height, and bring fists to the chest, bending elbows out to sides as you twist left.
- Twist to center, lunge left leg back, and repeat.
- Do 15 reps.
- Switch sides; repeat.