Ab exercises
31 exercises, each with its animated demo, the steps, the mistake to avoid and its substitutes.
- Ab Wheel Rollout ›Roll out forward (stretch), brace and return.
- Cable Crunch ›Kneeling, curl your torso toward your thighs, squeeze.
- Cable Oblique Crunch ›Flex your torso diagonally toward the opposite hip, squeeze the obliques.
- Cable Pallof Press ›Press the cable out in front while resisting rotation.
- Cable Woodchop ›Rotate your torso diagonally, arms straight.
- Captain's Chair Knee Raise ›Forearms braced, raise your knees, curl up.
- Decline Crunch ›On a decline bench, curl your torso up.
- Floor Crunch ›Curl your torso, lifting your shoulder blades, exhale at the top.
- Forearm Plank ›Body aligned on your forearms, brace without arching.
- Hanging Leg Raise ›Hanging, raise your legs, curl your pelvis up.
- High-Anchored Band Crunch ›Band anchored overhead, hands at your neck, curl your torso toward your pelvis, exhaling.
- Hollow Hold ›Lower back pressed into the floor, arms and legs lifted, hold.
- Kettlebell Russian Twist ›Sit leaning back, feet off the floor, pass the kettlebell from hip to hip by rotating your torso.
- Lateral Medicine Ball Throw ›Standing sideways, throw the ball to the side at hip level, pivoting on your back foot.
- Lying Leg Raise ›Legs straight, raise them to vertical without arching your lower back.
- Machine Crunch ›Curl your torso against the resistance.
- Medicine Ball Slam ›Ball overhead, slam it into the floor with everything you've got while crunching your torso.
- Mountain Climbers ›In a plank, drive your knees alternately toward your chest.
- Negative Dragon Flag ›Gripping behind your head, body straight and vertical, lower as slowly as possible.
- Overhead Medicine Ball Throw ›Ball behind your head, throw it forward by snapping your whole body shut at once.
- Plank on Handles ›Hands on the handles with straight arms, body perfectly aligned, brace your abs and hold the position without moving.
- Reverse Crunch ›On the floor, bring your knees in and curl your pelvis.
- Rotational Medicine Ball Throw ›Standing sideways to the wall, pivot on your back foot and throw the ball by rotating your hips.
- Russian Twist ›Seated, torso leaning back, rotate your torso side to side.
- Side Plank ›On your forearm, body in a straight line, hold.
- Sit-Up Throw ›Lying down, sit up and throw the ball at the end of the movement, without stopping.
- Standing Cable Rotation ›Standing sideways, pull the cable diagonally letting your hips rotate with you.
- Swiss Ball Crunch ›Lower back on the ball, let your torso fall back to stretch your abs, then curl up.
- TRX Plank Fallout ›In a forearm plank at the straps, reach your arms out in front of you then return by bracing your abs.
- Weighted Dumbbell Russian Twist ›Seated, torso leaning back and feet off the floor, move the dumbbell from side to side by rotating your torso.
- Weighted Plank ›Brace, body in a straight line, hold.
Other muscle groups
- Chest29 exercises
- Back31 exercises
- Shoulders and traps66 exercises
- Arms60 exercises
- Quads38 exercises
- Glutes and hamstrings54 exercises
- Calves23 exercises
- Neck, adductors and core8 exercises
Exercise demos on video, on the Live For Fit channel.
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