10 Minute Ab Workout

Get A Complete Ab Workout Done In Just 10 Minutes 

A 10 minute ab workout done a few times a week is all you need to strengthen and tone your mid section.  Do you think you can find time for a ten minute workout?  These workouts don't require any equipment or machines.  Just 10 minutes of your time.  So just start.

Thinnk about it.  By the time you're done debating with yourself about whether or not you really feel like doing it, you could have been done.

The key to building muscle strength and muscle tone is to do these workouts consistently, and keep pushing yourself to go a little farther.  As the exercises get easier, check out the modifiers for each of the exercises to keep your ab workouts challenging.If you are starting out, work two 10 minute ab workouts into your weekly routine.  As you get stronger, bump it up to three ab workouts a week.  As you advance, challenge yourself to keep building strength and improving muscle tone.

Make sure you are getting the proper rest in between workouts though.  Your ab muscles need to recover and rebuild in order to improve strength and tone.  That means at least 48 hours between ab workouts.

You can (and should) do other workouts in the meantime, but you need to give your ab muscles time to recover and rebuild.  Not allowing them time to rest and rebuild will just set you back.

A ten minute ab workout should have a little something for all of your ab muscles.  All you need is an exercise for the rectus abdominus (the 6 pack abs), the lower abs, and the obliques. 

Check out the ab exercises page for other exercises to mix and match.

Workout 1: Bicycle exercise, crunches, flutter kicks

• Bicycle exercise, 30 reps
• 30 ab crunches
• 30 flutter kicks
• Rest 20 seconds
• Repeat 3 times

Workout 2: Ab crunches, side crunches, reverse crunches

• 15 ab crunches - Good ones.  Press the small of the back into the floor and hold for a beat at the top.
• 15 side crunches to the right
• 15 side crunches to the left
• 20 reverse crunches
• Rest 20 seconds
• Repeat 3 times
  

Workout 3: V-Ups, McGill Curl Ups, Russian Twist

• 15 V-ups
• 30 Russian Twists
• 12 McGill curl ups each side
• Rest 20 seconds
• Repeat 3 times

Check out the ab exercises page to find other exercises to substitute when these workouts start to seem too routine.  There is nothing magic about the sequences above.  Experiment a little and make your own 10 minute ab workout.

If you focus your ab workout on doing something for the upper abs, the lower abs, and the obliques, you are on the right track. 

Stick with it, pay attention to what you are eating, and you will see the results you are looking for.

Click here for a free downloadable, printer friendly PDF version of these workouts.