Tone It Up With This Ab-Tastic Beach Workout
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Trainers Karena and Katrina know a thing or two when it comes to feeling your best at the beach. That's why we're huge fans of their Tone It Up Bikini Series, an eight-week challenge full of healthy recipes, workouts, and motivational support. To get a glimpse of what the challenge is like, the ladies behind Tone It Up created an exclusive workout for POPSUGAR readers. The total-body workout focuses on strengthening every muscle in your body, with a little extra attention spent on the abs!
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Touch Those Toes
Tones your abs, chest, and shoulders!
- Start lying on your back with a dumbbell in each hand. Lift your legs in the air, and bend your elbows at a 90-degree angle.
- Push and extend your arms out in front of you as you lift your shoulders up and off the ground. Reach the weights up to your toes. Slowly lower back down. This is one rep.
- Complete 20 reps.
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Down Dog to Forearms
Strengthens your biceps, triceps, quads, and core!
- Begin in Down Dog.
- Keep your elbows tucked and in line with your body as you slowly lower down to your forearms. At the same time, bend your knees until they are about six inches off the ground. Slowly extend back to Down Dog. This is one rep.
- Complete 20 reps.
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Knee to Elbow With a Twist
Strengthens your obliques!
- Begin in a plank position with hands directly below shoulders.
- Lift your left leg and twist at your core to meet your left knee to your right elbow. Slowly return to plank position. This is one rep.
- Complete 15 reps, then switch sides.
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Plank Tuck Jumps
Strengthens and tones your core while raising your heart rate!
- Begin in a plank position with hands directly below your shoulders.
- With your hands planted in the same position, jump to the top of your mat so that your feet land directly below your booty. Jump back to plank position. This is one rep.
- Complete 20 reps.
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Single-Leg Side Crunch
Tones your obliques!
- Begin standing on your left leg with your right leg raised in the air directly to your side.
- Raise your right arm in the air above your head, and lean your body to the left. Bend your right knee up and right elbow down to meet. Return to starting position. This is one rep.
- Complete 20 reps, then switch sides.
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Dumbbell Tips
Tones and sculpts your waistline!
- Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Hold one dumbbell with both your hands above your head, arms maintaining a slight bend in the elbow.
- While keeping the dumbbell above your head, lean your upper body over to the left, then lean to the right. Make sure to keep your hips squared and in place. This is one rep.
- Complete 15 reps.
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V-Sits
Strengthens your entire core!
- Begin sitting on your booty with your shoulders off the ground, forearms supporting your weight, and legs hovering just above the ground.
- Using your core, lift your upper body and bend your knees to meet each other. Slowly lower back to starting position.
- Complete 20 reps.