This beginner ab workout will get you started toward strengthening and toning your abdominal muscles. It is designed to be simple, straight forward, moderately challenging, and easy to remember.
If you are just starting out, do this abdominal workout 2 or 3 times per week. Give your muscles a chance to rebuild and recover in between workouts. That means you should avoid working your ab muscles two days in a row. Give yourself at least a day in between.
This workout doesn’t take long, so if you are starting an overall exercise program add this routine to the beginning or end of that workout a few times per week.
It consists of two simple exercises. You will do four sets of each exercise.
Remember, especially if you are just starting out, that technique is the key. Read the pages associated with the individual exercises for proper technique and coaching tips.
After you have done this beginner ab workout enough times (as defined by you), change out these exercises with some others from the Ab Exercises page.
Also check out the Core Exercises page. That page will show you exercises that will tone and strengthen the other vital muscles throughout your midsection. It’s great to have a good looking midsection, but the benefits of a strong core go way beyond looks.
Considering core strength strictly in terms of overall health and wellness, a strong core improves posture, balance, and back health. Adding different ab and core exercises from these pages into your ab workouts, gives you all of that.
From the perspective of athletic performance, a strong core improves just about any physical activity you do, particularly those that require powerful rotation. That means golf, tennis, racquetball, baseball, softball, ultimate Frisbee, and at least a few dozen more sports.
The key is to get started and stick with it. So start here and do this workout consistently. As it gets comfortable, keep challenging yourself with some of the other ab workouts.
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