Six Pack Summer Ab Workout
| April 5, 2012 | Posted by Madeline @ Food, Fitness, and Family under Abs, At Home Workout, FitFluential, Weekly Workouts |
Summer is right around the corner whether we like it or not. It was almost 90 degrees here the other day! With the warmer weather means that bikini season is a-coming also … gulp! With us moving to Savannah and having a close proximity to the beach this mama has definitely been working on her core lately. My goal is to at some point feel as confident in a bikini as I did on my honeymoon.
Have you heard the saying abs are made in the kitchen? It’s totally true. A healthy, clean diet is your surest way of getting your abs to show. However, working them out helps develop them the same way lifting does for your biceps. A strong core helps to stabilize your spine and protects your internal organs. A weak core is often a contributing factor to lower back injuries.
I work out my abs in some way (almost) daily. Normally this is by my #plankaday. #Plankaday is a Twitter hashtag anyone can use. The goal is to do a plank a day (get it? hehe) every day. Then tweet it. The @PlankPolice get on you if you have missed a few days too. It’s a great way to keep you accountable! And who doesn’t have time to bust out a plank a day? I do mine during commercials or while I sing songs to Emmie. You can find more info about it here. Edited To Add: There is also a great plank challenge going on for April via Carolynn of Just Keep-Running!
Craving more? I thought so! Here is a quick ab-burning circuit to get you ready to rock your bikini this summer.
Throw this into your routine a couple times a week and feel the burn 
I particularly love it since you don’t need equipment and can do it in your living room. WIN.
I have two BIG posts over the next couple of days … Emmalyne’s 6 month update and my post-baby body update. Can’t wait to share the adorable pics I got of Emmie with you guys
What’s your favorite ab exercise? Do you #plankaday?
LOVED those pics of babygirl. as you can probably tell since i liked about five million of them on fb. also, we have a tattoo in the same spot!
Lindsay @ The Lean Green Bean recently posted..Lentil Veggie Mac & Cheese
The beaches here on Tybee Island have already been packed every weekend since mid-March.. gotta love Georgia weather! My favorite ab workout to do is flutter kicks.. works your core all over
made me smile big and hard to hear you share the “abs are made in the kitchen” concept.
so true.
and I SO LEARNED this one the hard way.
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I love sit ups on the incline bench! I have been doing a plank challenge for over a month to see how long I can hold it. I am at 4:35 and my goal is 5:30-6 minutes one day
I’ve been slacking lately though! Needed that reminder that summer is coming and to get back on it!
Love this! My fave ab workouts are Russian twists with a medicine ball or bicycle crunches.
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I remember when I was back in school finishing my first undergrad degree, I had my yoga mat laid out beside my bed, and I would always get up and do abs in the morning. Why the heck did that ever change?!
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Wow- hot mama! Great motivation. I’d like to get my abs back in shape too. Slowly but surely! Thanks for the run and chat today- I needed it!
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I love schedules – so that plankaday is a great one for me! I’ve been trying to get more consistent with planking on a regular basis, it’s such a great core exercise. =)
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I need to work on my abs more! For some reason I always kind of forget about them haha. Thanks for the workout, I’ll definitely be trying it!
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Tis the time for bathing suit season…yikes! I will def be using your ab routine and keeping it clean in the kitchen:)
The pilates 100 is my fave ab move but I love myself some planks. I start with a front plank for 60 seconds and then rotate between both the left and right sides (60 sec each) and try to see how long I can rotating through. Killer.
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uh yeah. so using this! Being in Carolina this summer means that I NEED TO LOOK GOOD in a bikini. i’m just sayin!
pinned! <3
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ps you are so cute with short hair (not that you aren’t now!)
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Great quick abs workout
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