Exercise: Core Control

I loved the pyramid routine I did the other day so much that I wanted to do another with a main focus on core. This one does not have a lot of legs involved, so if you like, afterwards do a 20 min run, elliptical, walk, bike ride, jump rope or whatever you choose to really burn up those calories-but make it intense!

This was the toughest abdominal routine I've ever made up to date. I actually had to modify my own workout at the end, which kinda stinks but ya gotta do what ya gotta do!! Important thing is I finished and I watched my form-modified or not. Exercise #4 and #5 going in reverse just about killed me!! That is where the modifying came in. So don't quit-modify!!

Ok so again this one you build on: do exercise 1-break, do exercise 1 again then add 2-break, do exercise 1, 2 then 3-break. Repeat this series until you get up to the 5th exercise. Then you take another quick break a go backwards: do exercise 5-break, do exercise 5 again then add 4-break, etc. Have fun people!! See video for modifications and instructions.

#1.  20 Knee Ins or Reverse Crunches (to get equipment see bar to the right and scroll through)
#2.  12 Dive Bomber Pushups
#3.  5 Pull Ups (or Pull Downs) and 10 Body Rows (or tube rows)(to get equipment see bar to the right and scroll through)
#4. 16 Iron Cross Crunches (8 on each side)
#5. 10 Rolling In and Out Crunches (5 on each side)

During round one (exercises in order 1-5) I finished in 20min and 39sec, burning 221 calories (average for a 130lb woman, if you weigh more you will burn more).

Round two (exercises 5-1 backwards) just about killed me! I finished in 21min and 22sec, burning 247 calories.

Total time 42min 1 sec and 468 calories burned!!