Posted on August 02, 2017 by Kate Halsall
If you ask people in the gym at the moment what they’re working on, the most common answer is “Summer Body” so here’s a little interval (well 10 exercises) that can be added into your workout to blast that core.
There are 10 exercises, each is performed for 45 seconds with 15 seconds rest in between. It’s then up to you how many sets you do. You HAVE to do it twice as there exercises such as side plank and side crunches. But, we have done this 3 times with some willing boot camp participants in the past and it was hard but worked well!
This core workout is great to add on at the end of your normal workout or to perform as a stand alone workout.
Get ready for the burn:
- Plank Variation – walk your feet out, out, in, in
- Run Forward & Bear Crawl Back
- Cross Mountain Climbers (knees to opposite elbow)
- Side Crunch
- Plank Variation – come off your elbows onto your hands, touch the opposite knee with each hand and go back to elbows
- Ab Cycles
- Toe Touches
- Geckos
- Ab Grabs – from sitting, place hands and feet on the floor and lift your butt off the floor. Now touch opposite hand to opposite foot – lifting your foot off the floor!
- Side Plank
I’m not going to pretend that this is easy!
What I do urge you to do however, is to thoroughly stretch your back at the end. Try these stretches for example:
- Childs Pose – sit back on your heels and reach forward with your arms as far as possible, keep your arms nice and straight.
- Back Extension
- Cat Stretch
- Knee Hugs – on your back, hug your knees
- Spinal Rotation – NB Not if you have a bad back! From the position above, take your arms out to the sides and relax your knees down to one side. Hold for 15-20 seconds and then change sides
Have fun with this core workout!