10-Minute Workout: Belly-Dance Away Ab Flab
Tired of crunching your way to better abs? Try this 10-minute abs workout for a sexy change of pace.
Minutes 0:00 – 1:30
Rib Slide
Targets: Rectus Abdominus and Obliques
• Stand with hands on hips and feet together.
• Move just your ribs to the left, then back through the center of your torso and to the right.
• Continue moving from side to side.
Minutes 1:30 – 3:00
Hip Circle
Targets: Obliques and Glutes
• Standing with feet hip-width apart and arms slightly lifted at sides, shift your hips to the right, as if you were hula-hooping.
• Then move them in a circular motion to the front, left, and back.
• Repeat in the opposite direction.
• Continue alternating.
Minutes 3:00 – 4:30
Horizontal Figure Eight
Targets: Lower Portion of Rectus Abdominus
• Stand with arms out to sides and feet hip-width apart.
• Lean right hip diagonally forward.
• Shift it to the right side, then around to the back and center.
• Repeat with the left hip and continue alternating, as if your hips were drawing a figure eight on the floor.
Minutes 4:30 – 6:00
Vertical Figure Eight
Targets: Lower Portion of Rectus Abdominus and Obliques
• Lift right hip and heel and lean to the right.
• Drop hip and heel, returning hips to center.
• Repeat to left side.
• Now combine both sides into a smooth motion.
• Imagine you’re drawing a figure eight on the wall in front of you with your belly button.
Minutes 6:00 – 8:00
Camel
Targets: Rectus Abdominus
• Press chest forward while drawing shoulders and arms at your sides and arching your spine.
• Reverse this motion by pulling abs in, tucking pelvis and bringing shoulders forward.
• Continue alternating to create a rippling S with spine.
Minutes 8:00 – 10:00
Belly Roll
Targets: Rectus Abdominus
• Stand with arms out to sides and a few inches behind you.
• Inhale and expand your rib cage, then pull in the lower portion of your abdominals.
• Reverse the motion by relaxing and expanding your lower belly as you draw in your upper belly.
• Alternate between the two movements, creating an undulating wave with your abdominals.
