Workouts synced up to music are kind of the best, and you don't have to hit up a trendy studio class to get them! YouTube is a treasure trove of fun workouts set to the best pop songs of the moment, and fitness YouTuber Maddie Lymburner posts some of the coolest. Obviously, that includes the perennial favorites: ab and core workouts. Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, Lizzo, and more — take your pick from our top pop song ab workouts, for when you just need that extra motivation to get going.
Bonus: this one is cardio too!
If you haven't already celebrated the return of the Jonas Brothers with an ab workout, now's your chance.
A smooth, perfectly-choreographed routine set to the sultriest song of the summer.
You think this workout seems slow, and then she explodes into some crab-looking hollow hold toe touch things that hurt my brain just to look at (not to mention my abs)!
A plank challenge set to my main jam circa-2005? Yes please.
Who knew that pairing a sexy sax solo with a bear hold-slash-plank with side walk could be such a potent combo?!
Crunch variations and enough oblique work to make your sides ache — good thing this workout is set to Harry Styles's smooth new single, because with this burn, you'll need all the musical distraction you can get.
Recognize this track from some popular TikTok dances? Turns out it makes an intense ab workout, too.
Full disclosure, we still have "Dance Monkey" on replay and are definitely adding this ab burner to our queue.
This supersmooth ab workout hits all the right moves.
This Harry Styles ab routine is all about creating that slow, so-bad-it's-good burn in your core.