This workout targets your core muscles, tightening your abs and giving you a smaller, flatter stomach. Do two sets of the moves in this 20-minute routine twice a week, and you’ll say goodbye to that belly flab in no time.
Lunge Twist
Targets: Abs, obliques, butt, quads
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, elbows bent 90 degrees by hips.
- Lunge forward with right leg and rotate torso and arms to right.
- Rotate back to center as you quickly push off right foot to return to start.
- Do 16 reps, alternating sides.
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Step Hop
Targets: Abs, butt, legs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, hands on hips.
- Step forward with right foot, then lift left knee to hip level as you hop straight up on right leg.
- Land with feet together.
- Do 16 reps, alternating sides.
Shot Put
Targets: Arms, abs, obliques, butt, legs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, right elbow bent with hand by ear, left arm out at shoulder level.
- Lunge to right with right leg; rotate torso to right.
- Push off right foot to stand, pivoting to left.
- Extend right arm diagonally (as if throwing a shot).
- Do 16 reps, alternating sides.
Lunge Reach
Targets: Shoulders, abs, butt, quads
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, arms by sides.
- Lunge forward with left leg, bending both knees 90 degrees, and reach arms toward floor.
- Explosively push off left leg to return to starting position and lift arms straight overhead.
- Do 8 reps. Switch sides; repeat.
Hands-Up Hop
Targets: Arms, abs, butt, legs
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, knees slightly bent, hands on hips.
- Step forward with left foot and simultaneously lift right knee to hip level as you hop straight up on left leg and extend arms overhead.
- Land with feet together, hands on hips.
- Do 20 reps, alternating sides.
Discus Throw
Targets: Arms, abs, obliques, butt, legs
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, arms extended out to sides at shoulder level.
- Lunge to right with right leg, rotating torso to right.
- Quickly shift weight to left leg, bend knee, and push off left foot to hop up as you turn to left and swing right arm across body (as if throwing a discus).
- Do 10 reps. Switch sides; repeat.