Want to have lovely and powerful abs but don’t know how to mix up your ab regimen for the greatest results? No worries: we’ve compiled a list of some of the most significant core movements or ab exercises for building circuits that will have you burning in all the right spots. Choose a few exercises from this list and rotate them every week to make your workouts exciting and challenging.
- Sit-Ups With Towel
Place a towel beneath your lower back after rolling it up. Place your feet in a butterfly posture, with the soles of your feet touching. Begin by laying down on your back on the floor. Inhale. Brace your core and elevate your abs as you exhale. Repeat by touching your hands to your feet. Try to keep your feet ‘ soles stuck together.
- Hip Lifts
Raise your legs till they are perpendicular to your body while lying on your back. Pull your navel toward your spine and lift your hips off the floor a few inches. Restart the action by lowering the hips to the ground. Keep your hands beside your torso and your feet flexed in front of your face.
- Flutter kicks
Raise your legs until they are straight over your hips, starting on your back. Brace your abs to keep your lower back glued to the floor. Then, while maintaining your lower back attached to the ground, drop your legs as far as you can. Raise your feet an inch once you’ve found a difficult height. Begin by kicking your legs up and down in little circles. As you finish the repetitions, breathe in and out through your nose.
- Scissor kicks
Squeeze your abs as though you’re dropping your belly button to the floor while lying on your back. Next, raise your legs slightly while maintaining contact with the ground with your lower back. As you scissor your left leg over the right, scissor your right leg over the left. Then keep swapping until you’ve finished all of your repetitions. As you move, try to maintain your toes pointing.
- V-sits
Begin by lying down on your back and straightening your legs in front of you. Next, sit up and pull your knees to your chest, touching your heels. Then, as your legs straight back to the floor, lower yourself. Then, to begin another rep, sit up again.
- V-ups and downs
Begin with lying down and straightening your arms over your head. Draw your belly button in towards your spine as you inhale. Sit up and bring your straight legs up to meet your arms as you exhale. Lower yourself and do it again.
- Leg lifts
Begin on the ground, facing the ceiling with your legs straight out in front of you. Glue your lower back to the floor to brace your core. Lift your legs roughly a foot off the floor while maintaining that connection. Up and down, pulsate your feet. One rep equals one “up-down.”
Your spine and pelvis will be stabilised due to strengthening your core muscles, which will improve your posture and minimise or eliminate back discomfort. In addition, these ab exercises target the core instead of standard crunches or sit-ups, which will activate more muscles and burn more calories.
