Wednesday, October 17, 2012

{Day 17} Abs


{Day 17}

New here? Make sure to check out day 1  and my introduction to my 
31 day of Health and Exercise series for the month of October
Thank you for reading and coming along with journey with me
I hope to inspire and motivate you through this series 


Today I am going to talk about some different Ab routines that I
did as gymnastics conditioning and still do today
They work great and am excited to get going on them to get rid of
this just had a baby belly

Ashley Abs
10 straight leg crunches (laying flat on back with legs flat)
  10 right knee bent crunches with left leg straight
  10 left knee bent crunches with right leg straight
  10 double count running crunches
  10 both knees bent crunches
  10 legs up crunches
  20 left to right crunches with legs up
  10 legs up crunches
  10 both knees bent crunches
  10 double count running crunches
  10 left knee bent crunches with right leg straight
  10 right knee bent crunches with leg leg straight
  10 straight leg crunches (laying flat on back with legs flat)


Mandi Abs
 10 crunches flat on back with legs flat
10 crunches  with right leg lifted up half way and left leg on floor
10 crunches with right leg straight up and left leg half way up
10 scissor crunches
20 crunches with both legs up
10 scissor crunches
10 crunches with left leg straight up and right leg half way up
10 crunches with left leg half up and right leg on the floor
10 crunches flat on back legs flat

Long Abs
64 Crunches
64 crunches feet up
64 side to side feet up
24 side-middle-side crunches
32 side arches on each side
16 hollow body rocks
16 flutters in a hollow body hold
16 walking sit ups
24 side crunches with knees to the left
16 straddle sit ups
24 side crunches with knees to the right
16 in and out crunches
16 arch ups on stomach
16 down down up ups on each leg
16 down down up on each leg
Hold hollow body hold for 32 counts


Short Abs
Same as long abs but cut each of the reps in half

Gym Abs
3 sets of 15
Sit ups on a decline bench
twisting sit ups on a decline bench
side-middle-side sit ups on a decline bench
side crunches with a weight
leg lifts on a bench

Home abs
Flat foot oblique 10 each side
cross leg oblique 10 each side
bicycle 10 each side
reverse crunch 20
horizontal oblique 10 each side
heel touch crunch 20
leg lifts 20
side plank crunch 10 each side
Russian twist 20 each side
side plank hip drop 10 each side
1 minute plank hold


Insanity Abs
Run in place for 1 minute
run with knees up 1 minute
run with knees up and twist side to side 1 minute
jump rope in place 1 minute
tuck jumps 30 seconds
tuck jump to elbows 30 seconds
twist in c position on back 30 seconds
lift knee while twisting in C position 30 seconds
A twist on back (C twist but with arms above your head) 30 seconds
Knee Between hands in A position 30 seconds
Hold C position 30 seconds
C position in out lift down 10 each leg
C position in out lift down both legs at the same time 10
high plank (lift knee to shoulder) 30 seconds
low plank (lift knee to shoulder) 30 seconds
low plank high plank 8X8 3 times resting in between each set

I CHALLENGE you to try one of these Ab routines sometime this week

 Come back tomorrow for another Health and Exercise Tip
And make sure to check out the previous posts of this series HERE
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