…so I do it at home
40 Min Pilates Core Strength is Day 38 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. I am not personally a fan of pilates but I really enjoyed this workout. Maybe because it takes things down a notch and I needed something a little easier today. For me at least, Heather put together an enjoyable sequence of … Continue reading 40MIN Pilates Core Strength // Day 38: HR12WEEK 5.0
40 Min Pilates All Abs - Core Workout is Day 33 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This is an all bodyweight core strength workout. You are only standing for the warm up--everything else is on the mat. You are on your back or in plank. It is tough. Not counting the warm up and … Continue reading 40MIN Pilates All Abs – Core Workout // Day 33: HR12WEEK 5.0
30 Min Core Strength Workout is Day 28 in Heather Robertson‘s HR12Week 5.0 program. This workout was NO FUN. I am not a fan of long mat based core workouts and, not counting the warm up and stretch, this is 30 solid minutes of mat based core. It is a solid core workout but I … Continue reading 30MIN Core Strength Workout // Day 28: HR12WEEK 5.0
This workout is part of Cathe Friedrich’s Lift, Move & Restore program. This program contains workouts for people who are fit but aging and want to take things down a notch but also want to age well. She notes that these workouts can also be used as recovery workouts for advanced exercisers. Functional Core Fusion contains the main workout, … Continue reading Lift, Move & Restore: Functional Core Fusion
No Repeat Abs + Mobility is Day 19 in Heather Robertson's 12 Week 4.0 program. This another of Heather's not so relaxing recovery day workouts. The first half of the workout is challenging core work and the second half is active mobility/dynamic flexibility work. I was perspiring during this workout. The core work made me … Continue reading Day 19: No Repeats Abs + Mobility / HR12WEEK 4.0
10 Min Abs & Booty is a short add on workout from Heather Robertson and it is tough. Of course, how tough it is depends on the weight of your ankle weights. I am impressed that Heather is using 5 pound ankle weights on each ankle. In her longer lower body workout Booty & Thigh … Continue reading 10MIN Abs & Booty (Ankle Weights Workout)
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This was a tough little ab burner! You are working for 2 solid minutes with only 15 seconds of rest between complexes. I was taking my own mini breaks! I had to! It was burning out my … Continue reading CGXmas Day 5: Stability Ball Ab Complexes
This is a workout from Caroline Girvan‘s CGX app. For more info on Caroline’s App, see the CGX App page. This is a nice finisher workout to add onto the end of another workout to strengthen your abs. Your rest/recoveries are brief and few but very welcome! I started strong but by the time you repeat the … Continue reading CGXmas Day 16: The Abs!
This is another early workout from Caroline Girvan! This one was posted in April 2020. It is a short but tough core workout. You have one circuit of 8 exercises that you do twice. The second time through she changes a few of the exercises slightly to make them more difficult. There is no intro … Continue reading Dumbbell Ab Workout at Home | 8 Minutes Follow Along
12 Minute Dumbbell Deadbug Ab Workout is core workout from Caroline Girvan. I usually avoid these core add ons but this was short and used dumbbells, so I wanted to try it. Plus, it's deadbugs! I love deadbugs! This is a great finisher workout to add on to the end of any strength workout, which … Continue reading 12 Minute Dumbbell Deadbug AB WORKOUT at Home