Well according to the Abs Diet for Women… its “The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach” – Abs of Steel, right? I have 5 weeks left on my Body for Life Plan and now I am getting down right serious about incorporating these recommended Abs exercises two-three times a week.
Check out Feats of Strength with Kristen: http://www.followingfit.com/archives/4972
Where a few of us attempted and some succeeded at Pistol Squats.
Here are the ab exercises I will be incorporating into my routine:
- Weighted Crunches for Upper Abs
- Flutter Kicks for Lower Abs
- Planks or Side Planks for Transversal Abs
- Oblique V-ups for Obliques
- Bananas & Supermans for Lower Back
Dinner
Mac and I took the kid’s to Dave & Buster’s for dinner & arcade games last night to ward of weekend boredom. Everyone else had the same idea, due to it being a 3-day weekend, as the place was packed! But we kicked people off their table and found a place to sit and dine. I am highly jealous they all have Monday off and I have to go to work.
I opted for the steak salad with frazzled onions and dressing on the side. And a beer as a Free Day Splurge. Mac had bar burgers with the kids. They are clearly not on the same nutrition plan as I am.
Breakfast
First it started by making the perfect cup of Starbuck’s coffee in the french press. Three minute steep = bliss.
Then a light pre-breakfast of wheat sourdough toast lightly slathered with PB and a side of Chobani Blood Orange Greek Yogurt (YUM!). Then its off to work for me as the rest of the house still lays to sleep.
This week’s workout:
Monday: Upper Body Workout, Week 7, Body for Life
Tuesday: Cardio + Abs (exercises listed above)
Wednesday: Lower Body Workout
Thursday: Cardio + Abs
Friday: Upper Body Workout
Saturday: Cardio + Abs
Sunday: Day of Rest
Are you ready to work on your summer Abs of Steel?
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I’m not much for diet/exercise books but I do have the abs diet for women and think it’s really sound stuff. They have so many great exercises with pictures! I need those pictures, lol. Also, french press is so where it’s at!
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I agree with the pictures. Makes it easy to follow. I love their nutrition plan to. Easy to follow!
I love my French Press. My husband doesn’t like SBux coffee, so I can make the single perfect cup of coffee for me in my french press.
Yum… could go for another cup now.
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i have always been bad about really scheduling core work, this is a great reminder. I kind of just toss it in here and there but I need to be more consistent!
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If I want to sport that bikini for the summer, I definitely need to be more consistent! And when I right a blog post, its an easy way to bookmark the exercises and refer to them when I’m ready to go! Thanks for stopping by Amanda. Love your blog.
Those look like some great ab moves!
And we love French press, it’s been a while so we should have some this weekend. We do Keurig all the time, love it.
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love plank!
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Loving the ab workout! oblique v-ups are a killer!
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Great workout! Can I ask you a question? I see what your working out, but how much time do you put in a day? I’ve been working out 5 days a week for about 40 minutes, with little things mixed in throughout the day and I seem to be gaining weight, and I don’t know why? I’m just wondering if I should workout more, so I’m curious to your workouts. Thanks!
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About the same as you do. And I am gaining a little, but not losing like I was hoping. I was told one of two things… eating to many carbs (many runners training for marathons gain weight and fall into this category) or two, muscle is dense and you are gaining muscle. I am hoping for me and for you it is gaining muscle. I’ve started tracking my food intake on my fitness pal, again. Until I can get an idea on the percentage of carbs I eating per day.
I’d like to think I was gaining muscle but I’m not. I am thinking it maybe to many carbs. I started tracking calories again to. My goal is to stop night snacking, try to eat more clean and stay away from processed foods and sweets. At least I am going to try. It’s so annoying. I also know that I am lacking in the water department. I’m just going to try to keep tugging along, and getting my fitness in, and eat more vegetables and more protein based foods for breakfast and lunch, and cut down on my portion sizes at night. I know bread is a killer for me, I can’t resist it but I’m going to try. Good luck on your journey and let me know how it goes. Better get my jog in now before I lose my enthusiasm.
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