✅ Improve balance and stability
✅ Stability of low back
✅ Helps with good posture
BENEFITS OF CORE EXERCISES
1
LUNGE + WOOD CHOP
Targets: obliques & quads/ glutes Grab a single heavy dumbbell, bring it to the hip while you lunge, and bring to opposite side overhead using the obliques.
2
ROLL UP + RUSSIAN TWIST
Targets: obliques + center core Grab one heavy dumbbell, roll up using the core and twist from side to side.
3
SINGLE DB + ROLL UP PRESS OUT
Targets: center core Opposite leg will press out as you roll up and press the dumbbell out at an angle.
4
DB PASS THE WEIGHT
Targets: core and obliques Slightly sit back onto your sits bones so your shoulders are slightly behind your hips to keep the core engaged.
5
SEATED DB OVERHEAD PASS
Targets: center core Similar to the last exercise, sit back so the shoulders are slightly behind the hips to engage the core and pass the weight overhead.
6
DB PLANK PULL THROUGH
Targets: obliques + quads/ glutes Find a high plank position, grabbing the dumbbell with the opposite hand, drag over to the other side, gripping the abdominals to keep the hips stable in the center.
SCREENSHOT THE WORKOUT
1. Lunge + Wood Chop2. Roll Up + Russian Twist 3. Single DB Roll Up Press Out 4. DB Pass the Weight 5. Seated Overhead Pass 6. DB Plank Pull ThroughDO IT: Perform 6 ab exercises for a 20 seconds/ 10 seconds off Repeat x 8 - TABATA STYLE