60 Resources for Ab and Core Workouts

Spring and summer typically bring heightened interest in being fit and looking good. However, we are now in the fall season and (brace yourself) winter is quickly approaching.. Whatever your intent is, there is no reason why you cannot rededicate yourself at any point of the year to a stronger core or more defined abs. Regardless of whether your desire is to look good or to reach peak physical performance, these 60 resources will aid you in your commitment and offer workout routines and nutritional tips to help you reach your goal. My favorite page just might be number 60, but dig through and see if you can find your own favorite.

Happy shredding!

60 Resources for Ab and Core Workouts

1. The Lower Abs Trifecta

2. Best Moves and Foods for 6 Pack Abs

3. Top 5 Moves for Shredded Lower Abs

4. Core Workout Timed Training Session

5. 8 Exercises to Target Your Lower Abs

6. The New Rules of Abs

7. No More Crunches? Abs-olutely.

8. 12 Best Foods for Your Abs!

9. How to Get Perfect Abs

10. How 15 Minutes Can Change Your Life

11. 10 Minute Intense Abs Workout

12. 5 Killer Moves for Yoga Ready Abs

13. The Best Yoga Poses for Flat Abs

14. 41 Exercises to Do On a BOSU Ball

15. How Long Does It Take to Get Six Pack Abs

16. HIIT Workout Clip for Abs and Obliques - Training Cardio & Abs

17. Core Vs. Abs: The Smackdown

18. Core Conditioning-It’s Not Just About Abs

19. Lumbar/Core Strength and Stability Exercises

20. 7 Core Moves That Are More Fun Than Situps

21. Core Strength and the Athlete: Keeping It in Perspective

22. How to Sprint Your Way to a 6 - Pack

23. 8 Ways to Spice Up a Plank

24. Chair Exercises for Older Adults

25. 3 Non-Boring Ab Exercises to Try

26. 70 Best Abs Exercises

27. Advanced Core Exercises- Bosu Ball Total Body and Core Routine

28. Dance Fitness With Tony Dovolani – Abs and Core

29. Best Swimming Stroke for Abs

30. 10 Nontraditional Ab Exercises For a Powerful, Rock Hard Midsection

31. My Top 15 Non-Traditional Muscle-Building, Fat Blasting Workouts... No Sissies Allowed!

32. 15 Olympic-Inspired Exercises to Try Today

33. Fast Abs

34. Core Training – Do You Know About These 3 Things? (Many Don’t)

35. Why and How to Strengthen Your Core for Pregnancy

36. Abs Diet Power Review

37. How to Strengthen Your Core

38. 7 Flat-Ab Tips for Men

39. 12 Surprising Facts About Your Abs

40. Bend to Build Midsection Muscle

41. Forget Crunches: How to Actually Strengthen Your Core

42. What Causes Muscle Soreness After Exercising

43. Is Your Core Weak? Take This Test

44. How Strong is Your Core?

45. 14 Plain Greek Yogurt Recipes to Shrink Your Belly

46. 10 TRX Exercises to Sculpt a Tight Core

47. The Six Pack Abs Shopping List

48. How Do the Abdominal Muscles Affect Posture

49. Pilates 3D

50. Do You Have a Core Muscle Weakness

51. 14 Uber Lower Abs Exercises to Flatten Your Belly and Carve Out a Sharp V-Cut

52. CrossFit Ab and Core Workouts

53. Strength, Core, Balance, and Agility

54. Core Concepts

55. Apps for Ab Workout

56. Are Abs Really Made in the Kitchen?

57. Meal Planning

58. Developing Strong Abs for Martial Arts Training

59. 8 Best Core-Strengthening Exercises for Endurance Athletes

60. Let’s Draw Abs!

This entry was contributed by Stephanie Berger, a Public Relations and Marketing intern at Hedstrom - Ball, Bounce and Sport. She studies at the University of South Carolina and is addicted to breakfast foods and sunshine.

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How to Create a Home Gym

“Ughhh, I don’t want to drive all the way to the gym. But I really need to work out. But my favorite show is about to start. And plus, it’s freezing cold outside.”

I don’t know about you, but these are my thoughts sometimes when I’m debating whether or not to go to the gym.

Here in Ohio, the weather is changing…temperatures are beginning to drop and sooner or later, the infamous Ohio snow will be on its way. So with cooler temperatures and winter approaching, I figured I’d give you some tips on how to build your own gym….. at home!

There are countless different kinds of workout equipment available these days, but here are some of my favorites and essentials!

This blog post was contributed by Allie Squires, a PR and Marketing intern with Hedstrom-Ball Bounce & Sport. She recently graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Strategic Communications, and you can find her in the kitchen, watching Food Network and trying new recipes.

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BOSU Commercial Break Workout

BOSU® Commercial Break Workout

David Weck, BOSU® Balance Trainer inventor once stated,

“I think the best place to put BOSU® is in the TV room.”

We love the BOSU®. We love our TV shows. Commercials...not so much love there. So, we’ve developed a fun workout routine that includes BOSU® in with your favorite shows! During the commercial breaks, be productive with some of these exercises! Share it with your friends!

First Commercial:
1 commercial BOSU® sit ups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddtv84TQRNo
1 commercial of Mountain Climber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyZHqgsI4Zk
1-2 commercial’s worth of Side Planks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTgX2eiq8p8

Second Commercial:
1 commercial of Burpees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iZIlsN5QKU
1 commercial of BOSU® Squats (with or without weights!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kav2ndhc6h8
1 commercial of Straight Arm Planks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA3zE8m4eow

Third Commercial:
1 commercial of push ups
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZmNqSVo2gw
2 commercials of One-Legged Bridges
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQGwP4n63Nk
1 commercial of Kneeling with Trunk Rotations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiY_EbcGSaw

Fourth Commercial:
1 commercial of BOSU® Dome Toe Taps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDpEhF11ejg
2 commercials of Lunges (one for each leg!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvTF0VP2-PY
1 Set of Down Under. (Try two if the commercial is long!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPFlYbHZkd

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When Halftime Becomes Movetime

There is a game celebrated by people ranging from the mountains of Peru, the stadiums of privileged East Coast prep schools, the cities of India and the plains of Russia. Those scrappy matches in dusty lots and back street alleys only come to a pause for one event every four years that glorifies match after match. The one event that soccer fans everywhere have been waiting on for four years is almost over.

The 2014 World Cup thus far has had its share of suspense, expected upsets and thrilling victories. In between the bitter debates over penalties and the colorful excitement of Brazil, there are other points of intrigue that have been less exposed to the public eye. Japan has long gone home, but soccer fans should take note of what Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa was training with.

Since the The BOSU® Balance trainer can be used to promote balance and a stronger core—both of which are essential traits for a pro athlete—his trainers had a bigger goal in mind than for him to just mimic the form of an inept pole-vaulter. While the entire Japanese soccer team was caught red-handed with BOSU® Balance trainers, it isn’t a training device exclusively for the professional athlete.

Balance and strength are just as essential for the rest of us in society that haven’t been blessed with the skills to competently direct a ball where we want it to go. Some do have the tendency to inflate assessment of his or her own individual soccer skills (sort of like turning the volume of the radio up to the point where you can’t hear yourself screaming yet are still able to persuade yourself that you are singing in key). However, few would argue that they couldn’t use more of a tune-up in their fitness routines. The pros are in Brazil and we are drooling over their every move. Some of us openly admit we couldn’t tell a ball was coming at us let alone make contact, others showoff at weekend club games with their own speed and style, and the rest of us are watching the games only because somebody roped us in. Even though we don’t share the same moves, we are going to pursue the training methods that the pros use. Because who doesn’t want better balance and a stronger abdomen?

Kagawa was having the time of his life on his BOSU® Balance trainer at practice. Fortunately, we don’t have to be Kagawa to lug a barbell to the middle of a stadium to hone our bodies. Pick out a spot in front of your TV during the remaining matches and complete this 10 minute workout by #GRITbyBrit.

So just how many matches remain? And how many minutes of workouts would that make? I’ve never been mistaken for being an elite athlete, but I’m ready to switch up my routine of running to the kitchen for snack refills. There has got to be a better way for me to cope with the suspense than eating it all away.

Halftime? Bring out the BOSU. I’ve got some abs of steel just waiting for me to dust them off.

This blog was contributed by Stephanie Berger, a Public Relations and Marketing intern at Hedstrom - Ball, Bounce and Sport. She studies at the University of South Carolina and is addicted to breakfast foods and sunshine.

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