Cut your waist line by following these four great ab workouts!

Abs can be so tricky to get defined, or "cut up". You have to be very consistent. They are not only made from constantly working them out, but more so in the kitchen. These workouts will only help you out so far. Push yourself to target these muscles, but remember that if your not consistent with your diet as well, these workouts will not be as helpful as you may think. Also, make sure that you are mixing it up as much as possible. Don't do these everyday, maybe incorporate them into your routine twice a week or so and try out some of my other ab workouts that I've posted previously. I hope that these are helpful!

Workout One: While sitting, slightly lean back while extending your legs, then sit up and bring your legs into your chest and squeeze. This is one rep. Do this as many times as you can. challenge yourself. Then move onto workout 2. 

Workout Two: While standing, hold weight in one hand. I have an alb medicine ball in this picture, but if your at the gym, really strive to push yourself to use more weight if you can. Bend slightly towards the side with the weight and using your ab muscles, contract them to bend in the opposite direction. Do this as many times as you can, and switch sides. Always do the same amount on each side. You may then proceed to workout 3. 

Workout Three: While lying down, you can either keep your arms at your sides, as in the picture, or hold them behind your head for added difficulty. Using your lower ab muscles, raise your legs up toward the ceiling and slowly lower your back down to the ground. Repeat this as many times as you can and proceed to the last workout. 

Workout Four: While standing, bend one leg and bring it up to your opposite elbow, as in the picture, making sure to contract your abdominal muscle with each reach. You can either alternate sides with this one, or do as many as you can on one side and then switch, always making sure to do the same amount on both sides. When finished, repeat the circuit 3 more times! 

Make sure to stretch out your abs when you are finished. As always, I hope you enjoy!

Sweat it out with this ab and cardio mix-up!

In my opinion, cardio and abs go hand in hand. It's really important to keep your abdominal muscles tight while you are engaging in cardio activities. You can definitely get a full ab workout during cardio, just from strengthening those muscles in every movement. This is one of my favorite circuits to do because it is a lot of cardio, it gets your body moving, your blood pumping and sweat rolling! I want to explain what some of these are before we get started.

"Soccer ball" Touches- Visually imagine a ball on the ground and you are interchangeably tapping your toes on it back and forth. This is something we used to do when I played and it is great cardio and good for your core.  

Heel touchers- exactly what they sound like. You are layer on your back and reaching for your heel from side to side. 

Good luck! I had a lot of fun with this one! Don't give up on yourself, if you need to stop and rest, do so! Just make sure that you see the reps all the way through!! ;)