A standing AB workout will engage more muscles than just your ABS. Standing and while executing your AB muscles activates more core muscles like obliques, lower back, hips and thighs compared to exercises done lying down.
Standing Ab exercises better translate to real world movements, lifting, carrying, and bending which are all done from a standing position.
Standing AB exercise also challenge you because you have to work against gravity while maintaining balance and posture. Standing exercises naturally require you to draw in your belly button brace your core to stay upright. Targeting deep into the transverse abdominal muscle.
My 4 x 4 workouts are time efficient.
Keep you interested because the exercises change all the time.
Challenging because each exercise is done for 1 minute, with minimal rest periods in between exercises, making these workouts very high intensity.
Equipment:
Dumbbells
The Workout:
4 exercises done back to back (its called a giant set) take a break after the 4th exercise is complete. Your break should be 30-60 seconds only, then hit the next Round.
Execute each exercise for 1 minute
4 Rounds of all 4 Exercises in each Round
20 minute workout
- Woodchoppers
- Knee Pull Down
- 1 Weight Crunch
- Oblique Crunch
Use the timer on your phone or clock to keep track of the minute marker. Take a break after the 4th exercise is finished. Keep yourself hydrated after each Round, take sips of water, it will help you get through the next Round.
Enjoy!!
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