Exercise: Belly Fat Blaster with Stability Ball

Hi again! I seem to be on a roll with my belly lately, can you say guilty? :-) This is a routine to make up for all of the honeymoon food we ate. This is an interval train and focuses on cardio exercises and core strengthening. Have a BLAST!

Please see video for instruction and as always be safe and listen to your body (and quiet the part of your mind that says "I cant do this" because you CAN!!!)

Set your interval timer for 50 seconds on and 10 seconds off, 20 rounds. Use http://www.beach-fitness.com/tabata/ as an interval timer if you do not have one.

1. Squat Jumping Jacks

staying LOW in a half squat jump legs together and out resembling a jumping jack without the arms

2. Stability Ball Pike Ups (see side bar and scroll through for great  workout equipment)

roll out on the ball with your belly and form a plank with feet or shins on the ball, KEEP ABS TIGHT!! do NOT arch your back, contract your abs and lift the hips up as high as possible, squeeze core tight and slowly return back to plank, you may also come onto the elbows if wrists are weak

3. High Knees

fast as possible pull the knee up above your belly button, with abs tight and chest up, alternate quickly

4. Offset Ball Crunch

roll out on ball with lower back supported, step both feet a little to the right, do 3 crunches, come back to center and step both feet a little to the left, do 3 crunches and repeat till buzzer goes off

5. Mountain Climbers

in a plank, step the right toe in as far under the chest as you can, push into the floor with tight core and propel up bringing left toe in, alternate

6. Elbow Plank

right after mountain climbers come down onto your elbows and forearms and hold a still plank, pull your belly button away from the floor, do not stick your butt up or arch your back

7. 3 Jump Lunges and Hip Flexion with Twist

start in a lunge positon, power up through legs with abs tight and switch legs, repeat 3 times, pull the back knee up past belly button and twist over that leg, place that leg back and jump lunge 3 more times, the next knee in should be with the other leg, twist and go until buzzer stops you

8. Side Crunch Right

lay on your left side with left arm on floor and right arm behind head, roll onto the cushy part of your left butt, with knees bent pull both legs off floor as you lift the torso up squeezing the right waist line

9. Seated Bicycle

come into a seated position with hands behind head, knees bent, lift both feet from floor, pull the right knee into chest and twist the left elbow towards the knee, switch and alternate for 50 seconds

10. Side Crunch Left

repeat exercise 8 on your right side this time

DO IT ALL AGAIN and ATTACK that FAT!!

Here are my scores: betcha cant beat me!!! ;-)

squat jacks:  51, 50

pike ups:  25, 25

high knees: 125, 128

offset crunch: 5ea, 4ea

mountain: 95, 103

elbow plank: 1 two sec. rest, 2 two sec. rest

lunges: 11, 12

right crunch: 23, 21

seated bicycle: 55, 57

left crunch: 23, 20