Wake up your core and kick your abs into high gear with this circuit workout. It should take you around 20 minutes, and the best part is you won't need any equipment at all.
Directions: Warm up with five minutes of light cardio, then repeat each three-exercise circuit three times. Start with 10 reps of each exercise, building up to 15 reps of each move as you get stronger.
Here's a link to a printable version of this workout.
Adding a little push-up to a basic runner's lunge deepens the stretch for your hip flexors, the muscles on the front of the hip joint, while moving in and out of a plank warms up your core.
The simple move, also know as quadruped, works your abs and back simultaneously making it one of the simplest core exercises around.
Adding an arm reach to your elbow plank forces the abs into high gear as they work to keep the torso steady.
Get your legs fired up while testing your balance with this move.
Say good morning to your backside with this simple exercise, a weight-free version of a deadlift. Don't forget your glutes and back are part of your core!
Moving laterally is great way to work the glutes on the side of your pelvis (known as the gluteus medius) as well as the inner thighs. These muscle groups help stabilize the pelvis and should be considered part of the core.
Twisting fires up the obliques, the abdominals that crisscross your core and wrap around your waist.
The name may make you laugh, but this stability exercise fires up the core working both the front and back of the body.
Work the glutes, low back, and hamstrings with this simple yet powerful single-leg bridge.