While you can't spot reduce belly fat by focusing on ab exercises, you'll be on your way to a flat belly by doing this 20-minute workout that combines cardio to burn calories and bodyweight moves to strengthen your core. So when you reduce your overall body fat percentage through diet and exercise, you'll reveal lean, defined abs.
20-Minute Ab Floor Workout
Directions: After a five-minute dynamic warm-up, get on the floor and complete the 10-minute workout below. Repeat one more time for a 20-minute workout. Perform each exercise with control and correct form, resting between reps if you need to. Stretch the abs with the Cobra pose shown at the end of this workout.
10-Minute Ab Workout | Time |
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20 seconds mountain climber, 10 seconds rest | 00:00 - 00:30 |
40 seconds elbow plank with hip dips, 20 seconds rest | 00:31 - 01:30 |
40 seconds V-sit, 20 seconds rest | 01:31 - 02:30 |
20 seconds mountain climber, 10 seconds rest | 02:31 - 03:00 |
40 seconds side plank dips (right side), 20 seconds rest | 03:01 - 04:00 |
40 seconds side plank dips (left side), 20 seconds rest | 04:01-05:00 |
20 seconds mountain climber, 10 seconds rest | 05:01 - 05:30 |
40 seconds hip raise with leg extension, 20 seconds rest | 05:31 - 06:30 |
40 seconds seated Russian twist, 10 seconds rest | 06:31 - 07:30 |
20 seconds mountain climber, 10 seconds rest | 07:31 - 08:00 |
40 seconds diamond sit-up, 10 seconds rest | 08:01 - 09:00 |
40 seconds Pilates scissors, 10 seconds rest | 09:01 - 10:00 |
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