When most people think about exercising, ab workouts usually come to mind. Why? To borrow a Tony Horton phrase, they are the glamor muscles. Everyone likes to think of ripped and shredded abs. They have become a staple of fitness in our society.
While ab workouts are important, they can’t be the only work out that you do. It really needs to be a total body work out. All of the programs that I do contain ab workouts, and since everyone loves abs so much, I thought I’d go through a couple.
Ab Workouts-
Ab Ripper X- Part of the P90X series. It’s 13 moves and about 15 minutes long. It’s a great ab workout from P90X. The moves are: In & Outs, Bicycles, Reverse Bicycles, Crunchy Frog, Cross-Leg/Wide Leg Sit-ups, Fifer Scissors, Hip Rock and Raise, Pulse UPS, V-Up/Roll-Up, Oblique V-Ups, Leg Climbs, Mason Twist.
Cardio Abs- Part of the Insanity series. It’s a mixture of cardio and ab/ core moves. You start off with some jogging in place, then high knees jogging which forces you to work your core, with various nuances through the jogging routine. Then you get down in the C-sit position and perform moves of crunch variations and leg raises.
RevAbs- is a series in and of itself, but is not all abs. The series overall focuses on core and abs, but has enough cardio in it to help melt away fat.
All of these are part of full work out routines which I do recommend, and if you notice, none of these just say “sit ups”. There are so many muscles in your core and abs and there are so many ways to work them, that you really do need to do a mixture, and that’s why these routines are so effective.
But for those of you who just want ab workouts, nothing but abs, just abs, all abs.. .there is one I can recommend… which I will say, even after all of the routines I’ve done, is the best ab workout I’ve ever experienced…
Iso Abs
You asked for it, dont forget… you wanted it.
Iso Abs is the most intense ab workout. It is part of the Tony Horton One on One series. You can purchase it alone and it is only $19.95. It is 40 minutes of isometric ab moves, meaning you hold poses for a period of time. It is a very slow burn, and will challenge every muscle in your core and abs section. If you’re one of those that just wants to focus on ab workouts, then by all means, you have found your work out. Dont spend money on an ab rocker, dont spend money on any gadget… just get Iso Abs
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Have an ABSolutely fabulous day! :)
