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Core Strength Workouts For Rock Hard Abs

The core is an often forgot about body part, however it is one of the most important areas of the body. The core is basically the entire mid section of your body and runs a little deeper then just the abdominal muscles.

The core helps helps your pelvis in alignment, helps prevent injury, provides support and strength for your back and helps with your posture.

Workouts for your core strength can be done as standalone workouts or as an addition to your regular workout.

I have a few examples below of some core strength exercises great home workouts you can do, this are very short and intense so they are best suited to be tagged at the end of your current workout.

Most core strength workouts focus on higher reps, full range of motion and faster speeds with each exercise, it is important to remember to focus on the exercise and how it makes you feel. Your best gauge at knowing how effective an exercise is, is to go by how your body responds to it and not be guided by reaching a certain rep.

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The first example workout which you can do at home requires a medicine ball. If you do not have access to a medicine ball you can use a light weight dumbbell or a household object such as a heavy book or bag of sugar.

The below video demonstrated all of the exercises in this workout.

Wood Choppers
Saxon Bends
Side Bends (With legs on bench)
Farmers Walk
Planks (One arm and leg)

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To get the maximum benefit from this workout then you should perform it in a circuit moving from one exercise to the other without rest. When all exercises are finished then that is one circuit complete. Rest for 30seconds and repeat.

Here is an example of how you could do the above core stability workout:

Wood Choppers
20 Reps Each Side

Saxon Bends
20 Reps Each Side

Side Bends (With legs on bench)
10 Reps Each Side

Farmers Walk
60 seconds Walk

Planks (One arm and leg)
Hold For 30 Seconds Each side

Do not rest between exercises
Rest for 30 seconds after all exercises have been completed
Perform 1-5 circuits after your normal workout
2-3 workouts per week

To increase the intensity of the workout the you can increase the number of reps, shorten the rest period or increase the resistance for each exercise.

This is a very effective home core routine which will greatly improve your core strength in just a few weeks.

200 Rep Core Stability Workout

I recently discovered this workout and its becoming one of my favorite ways to work the core if your body. All you need is a medicine ball, or something of similar size and weight.

This abdominal circuit uses 10 different core exercises with 20 reps for each exercise. The idea is that you go immediately from one exercise to the next without rest and complete all 200 reps or as close to as possible in one go. At first this looks and sounds easier then it actually is. The first time i tried this my waist felt like it was on fire for days after. This is a very effective way to workout at home.

This core workout should be done either after or before your normal workout for best results, it is not ideal to use as a stand alone workout. I prefer to do this after my normal workouts as a final blitz on my core muscles.

The below video demonstrates the entire core stability workout.

For those of you who have not trained the core before will notice very sore muscles the next day after these core strength workouts, however this will ease over time as you build up strength in this area. Add either of the above workouts into your normal home workout routine and you will have great results in just a few short weeks.

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