NEW 30 MINUTE OILATES INSPIRRED ABS WORKOUT FOR SOLID CORE

HE 30-MINUTE, PILATES-INSPIRED ABS WORKOUT FOR A SOLID CORE

Are you hardcore? You will be soon, with this pilates-inspired workout.

Jay Sullivan

DURATION30

 

EXERCISES9

 

EQUIPMENTYES

The term core describes all the muscles in your torso, including your chest, shoulders, lats, midback, glutes, lower back, abs, and obliques. The problem is, women tend to work this area sporadically and only on one plane. (Think forward and back with crunches.) But powerful cores are built using four categories of movements, including front (anterior), lateral, rotational, and back (posterior) core exercises. And pilates, whether on the Reformer or on the mat, is renowned for doing just that.

We asked the mother-daughter team behind Hillard Studio Method, a Pilates-based training studio based in Charlotte, NC, to whip up a waist-whittling workout that will supercharge your midsection with each and every move, giving your core the attention it deserves so you can get sleek, defined, and stronger than ever. 

HOW TO DO IT

Perform the following exercises as a circuit, completing one set of a move before going on to the next. (The end of one move will feed into the next.) Repeat circuit three to four times.

30-MINUTE ABS WORKOUT

EXERCISE 1

ABS CURLHow to

--sets

 

10reps

 

--rest

EXERCISE 2

OBLIQUE TWIST CURLYou'll need: Medicine BallHow to

--sets

 

10*reps

 

--rest

*Twist to the right

EXERCISE 3

FOREARM SIDE PLANK TO THREAD THE NEEDLEYou'll need: Weight PlatesHow to

--sets

 

8-10*reps

 

--rest

*Weight on right forearm

EXERCISE 4

SIDE-TO-SIDE HIP DIP PLANKHow to

--sets

 

10*reps

 

--rest

*Per side

EXERCISE 5

FOREARM SIDE PLANK TO THREAD THE NEEDLEYou'll need: Weight PlatesHow to

--sets

 

8-10*reps

 

--rest

*Weight on left forearm

EXERCISE 6

OBLIQUE TWIST CURLYou'll need: Medicine BallHow to

--sets

 

10*reps

 

--rest

*Twist to the left

EXERCISE 7

SUPERMANYou'll need: Weight PlatesHow to

--sets

 

10reps

 

--rest

EXERCISE 8

FROG FEET LIFTYou'll need: Medicine BallHow to