New Year,New You (Cardio)

Best Abs Exercises Of All Time Difficulty level: Advanced Muscles involved: Abs Focus: Abs · Fat loss Duration: 45 minutes Overview What happens when you ask some of the best trainers in the world to select their favorite ab exercises and then blend them in a unique way? You have a workout that you need to try to believe. This special routine has your abs covered-training it directly with isolation movements, and indirectly with core stabilization moves like squats. Give it a try and you'll quickly see what you've been missing. How to do this workout? Perform this workout 2-3 times per week, making sure to never do this routine on back-to-back days. When you see a number with a letter next to it-such as 1A and 1B-it means the exercises should be performed as a group. Do one set of the first exercise, rest for the prescribed amount of time, and then do one set of the next exercise in the group. Repeat until you've completed all of your sets for each exercise, and then move on to the next group. Circuit : Do 1 set of each exercise in a group consecutively, without rests in between. Once these exercises have been completed, repeat the circuit again - doing 1 set of each with no rests in between. Continue until prescribed number of total sets are performed Strength : Complete all sets of an exercise at the same time with rests in between. Then move to the next exercise. Superset : 2 moves done consecutively (like a circuit) with no rests in between. Weekly routine DAY 1 workout DAY 2 rest DAY 3 workout DAY 4 rest DAY 5 workout DAY 6 rest DAY 7 rest SUPERSET SETS REPS/TIME REST (S) 1A Swiss ball Russian twist 2 8@ 0 1B Squat 3 8-10 45-60 SUPERSET SETS REPS/TIME REST (S) 2A The teaser 1 0 2B Towel plank and knee-in 3 12-15 30 STRENGTH SETS REPS/TIME REST (S) 3 Cable woodchop 1 10-12@ 0 4 Bow pose 1 30-60 s 0 5 Side-to-side lunge chops 1 10@ 60 6 Standing side crunch 3 8@ 0 7 Side plank and row 1 6@ 0 8 Three-way plank 2-3 10-20 0 9 Swiss ball rollout 1 10-15 60 10 Modified Pilates roll-up with ball 1 15 0 11 Body bar oblique twist 3 10@ 0 12 Swiss ball pike 3 8-10 0 13 Swiss ball plank leg lift 3 10-sec. hold, 30-sec. hold 0 14 Standing side crunch 1 10@ 0 15 Half-kneeling rotational reverse chop 1 8-10@ 0 16 Reverse crunch on a bench 1 15 0 17 Side plank to plank with reach under 1 6@ 0 18 Walkout 1 10 0 ** - as many as possible; @ - each side