Hey guys, I'm looking for a short, straight to the point ABs only workout. Everything else gets worked at the gym, except my abs. Lemme know what your favorites are, please??
QuickFix has a DVD containing 9 10-minute abs workouts. They range from traditional crunches to Pilates to stability ball to kickbox, etc. You can choose the ones you want to do or you can use the "Randomizer" and be surprised. I like it lots!
The Self Get Fit Fast Abs DVD was surprisingly good and had some new moves that I hadn't seen before. It utilizes standing positions as well as the traditional lying down ones.
I like "Jiggle Free Abs" from the Firm. It's about 20-25 minutes of abwork.
Hi there, Sarah - where did you get this one? Probably from the company? On Amazon it's not released until April 6th. I went ahead a pre-ordered it. I can use all the help I can get for my abs!
I've been doing the abs workout on Express Workout: Belly, Butt and Thighs - it's put out by Prevention (Rodale). It has 3 10 minutes segments - abs, thighs, and butt - and you can do all three or just 1. It's pretty intense and includes standing crunches as well as Pilates moves. I see results already.
I like Abs of Steel it comes on DVD with Buns of Steel. There are 3 15 minutes workouts for each on the DVD, so I do my abs 3x's a week. After the first week I could feel the results!! But then I slacked off, I'm starting back on it today.
My favorites are the abs portion of Tamilee Webb's "I Want That Body!" DVD (the DVD includes abs, arms and buns) and the Quickfix Total Mix DVD (which is also called Quickfix Core Abs).
Tami's DVD contains 2 abs workouts of 15 minutes each at 2 skill levels. The beginner workout was advanced enough that, when I first started it a year or two ago, I couldn't get through it. The advanced is so advanced that, a year or so later, I still can't manage it. But that's more about my body's inability to do those things as it is my fitness level.
The Quickfix DVD is a series of 10-minute workouts that focus on core/abs.
Another workout that uses abs alot but doesn't really bill itself as an abs workout is Pilates for Weight Loss. Awesome workout (filmed on Maui) that works out every part of your body (down to your toes!) but focuses mostly on abs/core strength.
So a few weeks ago I posted on this thread that I was using the Prevention dvd for my "extra" ab workout. Then I started using Tamilee's "I Want That Body!" dvd and don't think I'll be using the Prevention one anymore. WOW! I've only managed the beginner segments in all 3 sections - haven't even looked at the advanced yet.
I also recommend the 8 minute abs, if you're getting that go ahead and order the box set which comes with the buns, abs, arms and legs. They're great videos corny cos they were made back in the day, but short intense workouts. They also come with extras like aerobics, which I would like to try. I also just bought and tried yesterday the Carmen Electra striptease dvd #2. The others are supposed to be the strip ones and the 2nd one contains the work outs which enhance your body for the routines. I am sore today, it was a great workout and I could only do part of the cardio. There is also an upper and lower body workout.
Another workout I just rented from Netflix this week that isn't specifically an abs workout but definitely works them--Island Girl: Tahitian Cardio. It's basically instruction in the Tahitian Hula but done in a way that keeps the action going all the time and with a warm-up and cool-down. I wouldn't call it cardio in the same way I'd call Tae-Bo cardio...it got me sweating a little but I wasn't drenched and exhausted when I finished. HOWEVER...WOW, did I feel it in my abs and legs! I knew the hula greatly involved the hips and legs but I didn't realize how much the abs were involved in all that hip swivelling! It was fun and very challenging (esp. at full speed--WHOA!).
SheriaVa - I have that Tahitian Cardio dvd and while I don't count it as a full cardio workout, I agree it is a great ab workout! I was in Hawaii last year and went to a couple hula classes and had a great time plus noticed how quickly I started sweating. Back to the dvd--everything is so pretty about it too! The location, the flowers, the outfits, the girls! I enjoy it once in awhile for a change from my normal. I don't have the whole routine down smoothly yet. Probably if I did it for a solid week I could remember it...
I was in Hawaii last year and went to a couple hula classes and had a great time plus noticed how quickly I started sweating.
I'm heading to Hawaii soon (Kauai specifically). How did you go about finding hula classs while you were there? That sounds like great fun!
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I don't have the whole routine down smoothly yet. Probably if I did it for a solid week I could remember it...
Yea, I only did it twice before I sent the DVD back to Netflix. I just got another one in the mail today--a more basic Hula one I think. The only part of the Tahitian Cardio routine that I think I got down pretty well was the Tahitian bump. I got the umi, the figure 8 and the sway down pretty well when I'm standing still but have a terrible time moving and doing them at the same time! LOL
I was on Kauai! When are you going? Have you been before? It was so much fun. One of my sisters got married there - in Hanalei. My aunt and uncle live there (almost at the end of the road before Ke'e Beach) and she attends regularly, so I'm not sure if she signed us up or paid anything? I "think" it was open to the public though - it was right downtown. You just wrap a sarong on (which are soooo cheap there), or go in what you're wearing. If you are going to be there, I can get more info for you from my aunt.
Yes, I do have the bump down and the rest of the moves. BUT, it's doing the moves while turning around in a circle htat have me confused! And I cannot manage all the hand movements when I'm concentrating on the footwork (really ab and butt work!).
Best Ab video
Abs of Steel
