2 Minutes to Tight, Toned Abs: Follow My Video…
Everyone wants a tight, toned midsection — and keeping exercises simple and effective is a great way to achieve that goal (along with diet and stress management).
Here’s a quick 2-minute series you can try.
Make sure to properly engage your core for maximum effectiveness and safety. To find out exactly what that means CLICK HERE
Perform each movement for 15 seconds:
- Supine Scissor Legs: Slow
Lying on your back with core engaged, lower legs until tension increases on abs. Slowly scissor legs maintaining pelvic control.
- Supine Scissor Legs: Faster
Lying on your back with core engaged, lower legs until tension increases on abs. Quickly scissor legs maintaining pelvic control.
- Supine Leg Jacks
Lying on your back with core engaged, lower legs until tension increases on abs. Open and close legs, maintaining pelvic control.
- Supine Leg Circles
Lying on your back with core engaged, lower legs until tension increases on abs. Circle legs, magnetizing inner thighs as they come together. Maintain pelvic control.
- Lateral Crunches
Lying on your back with core engaged and feet on mat. Maintain forward crunch as you reach toward one ankle and then the other. Alternate sides continuously.
- ½ V-up on Left leg
Lying on your back with core engaged, set right foot on mat with left leg in the air, lower left leg until tension increases on abs. Sit up, reaching hands toward left ankle. Lay back with control. Repeat.
- ½ V-up on Right leg
Lying on your back with core engaged, set left foot on mat with right leg in the air. Lower right leg until tension increases on abs. Sit up, reaching hands toward right ankle. Lay back with control. Repeat.
- Hip Lifts
Lying on your back with core engaged and legs up over hips, lift hips up drawing low belly in and up toward belly button. Do not relax core when hips return to mat.
This quick ab series challenges your system to unify pelvic stability with hip mobility all while helping to tighten and tone your waistline!
Written By Missi Holt