CORE is Everything

The Scissor Kick ab exercise will surely help get your abs in shape. Lie on your back with your hands on your sides or behind your head and bring one knee towards your chest and touch the sky with your other leg, 15 times, then reverse legs.Another version is to lie on your back with bent knees, thighs parallel to the floor. Touch right elbow to left knee and keep changing.Remember anytime you perform a crunch, hold it for a second and exhale.

Hip-Tilt-Crunch1. Lay on your back, knees bent and feet planted flat on the floor. Place your fingertips on your temples and pull your belly button down towards your spine.2. Keeping your hips in line with your shoulders, lift your shoulders off the floor. At the same time, lift your left leg keeping the knee bent at a 90 degree angle and move the knee towards your chest. This will allow you to lift your hips slightly and perform an intense crunch**.3. Lower your leg and shoulders.4. Repeat the movement, this time raising your right leg towards your chest.5. Perform 16 repetitions, alternating legs, then rest for about one minute. Repeat for another set.Do not pull on your head or neck to perform this movement – focus on contracting the abdominal muscles. Only lift the shoulders about 2-3 inches off the floor.**Remember to focus on pulling the navel down to the floor and lifting the shoulders using the force of the abdominals.