✅ Low back pain can prevent us from going to the ground, NO need to go to the ground for this workout!
✅ Engages more than just core muscles
✅ Helps with good posture
BENEFITS OF STANDING CORE WORK
1
OBLIQUE BURNER
Targets: obliques + quads/ glutes (sink into sumo squat) Reach towards the back of the calf and bend at the waist. Feeling the crunch from the oblique muscle.
2
LUNGE + KNEEDRIVE
Targets: obliques + quads/ glutes Lunge and twist using the obliques and center core to twist.
3
WEIGHTED SIDE BEND
Targets: obliques Start from a tall standing position with 1 dumbbell. Crunch, dropping the weight down the side & squeeze to stand.
4
CORE TWISTS
Targets: core & obliques Engage the core, arms out in front and twist. Rotating around the center body! This engages the side bodies.
5
WOOD CHOPPERS
Targets: rectus abdominus Think clicking in your seat belt. Opposite hip to opposite shoulder press, rotating around the center girdle!
SCREENSHOT THE WORKOUT
1. Oblique Burner 2. Lunge + Knee Twist 3. Weighted Side Bend 4. Core Rotators 5. Wood Choppers DO IT: Perform 5 ab exercises for a 45 seconds/ 15 seconds off Repeat x 3 for your standing ab routine!