Core/Abdominal Workout

This core workout targets all areas of your midsection from your obliques, to your lower abs, to upper abs, and to your transverse muscles. Some of the exercises call for 2 sets to failure, and that means that you perform the exercise until you cannot maintain technique because of fatigue.

Decline Straight or Bent Leg Raise: 2 x failure (Lower Abs)
Lying backwards onthe decline bench and holding the handle, draw both legs as high as possible. Lower your legs and repeat till failure.














Decline Twisting Crunch: 2 x failure (Upper Abs, Obliques)
Lying back in the decline bench, draw your self to your knees and as you come up twist your trunk so that your chest is facing to the left. Drop your body back down and repeat on the other side.


















Toe Touches: 2 x failure (Upper Abs)
While on the floor with your feet straight in the air, try to touch your hands to your toes while keeping the legs in the same position.













Elevated Mountain Climbers: Knee to Opposite Elbow, Knee Wide of Elbow: 2 x failure
(Transverse Muscles, Lower Abs, Obliques)
Start in a push up position and draw your right knee to your left elbow while keeping your body still. Then send your leg back, squeezing your glute (butt) and draw your right knee wide of your right elbow. Place your foot back on the floor and repeat with your left leg





















Physioball Reverse Back Extensions: 2 x 12 (Low Back) After jackknifing your body on the physioball, draw your feet as high as possible contracting your low back. Lower your legs and repeat.