Challenging Abdominal Workouts at Home!

Most people believe that situps are the limit to what you can do at home to work on your abbs, very wrong! They key sculpt stronger and more defined abbs is workout all of the muscles: lower, upper and obliques. Many machines and situps target your upper abbs but it is your lower abbs and obliques that are hardest to trim fat from. By following the recommended exercises at least 4 times a week you will begin to notice a trimmer and more muscular core.

We begin with an exercise commonly called the bicycle, which focuses mainly on your upper abbs. Lay facing up on a rug or mat and put your hands behind your head locking your fingers together and keeping your elbows out. Lift your head up and try to touch your right elbow to your left knee and then your left elbow to your right knee. Quicken the pace and do 50 of these.

For the next exercise go to you couch and clear some space. Lay on your back with your head touching the bottom of the couch and hold the bottom of it with both hands. Lift your legs together so that you are in an L position and then drop them without bending your knees.  Before they hit the ground stop them and bring them back to the L position. You will feel this in your lower abbs. In order to target your obliques alternate by dropping your legs far to the left or right. Quicken the pace and do 30 of these and alternate the direction of where you drop you legs (right, center, left, right... etc).

Finally to target your obliques again we will do simple side crunches. Lay on either side and do 50 crunches for each side.

By following these exercises you will see results within weeks. As it becomes easier increase the number of reps or after completing the crunches repeat the whole workout by starting with the bicycles again.  These will be challenging at first but push yourself and you will see results!