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Booooooring. I wanted to fix that, but I also didn’t want you living in your home gym (or
any gym for that matter). That’s what you’ll find with these short, but effective Ab
Finishers found inside the new and improved Ab Finishers 2.0.
Plug any one of these finishers that will smoke your abs and put your metabolism in
overdrive after any workout… or you can perform one on your off day to keep up your
activity level.
You’ll also discover new and exciting ab moves as well, because I did a lot of research
and did a lot of reading before I wrote these bad boys. You’ll smoke your abs with the
“Around the World” exercise, Plank with Weight Transfer and more.
Who says you can’t smoke belly fat and make them stronger at the same time? I don’t.
And you won’t, either. Burn off that pesky belly fat (and have fun doing it!). I promise you
this… you won’t find finishers like this anywhere else.
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Disclaimer:
You must get your physician’s approval before beginning this exercise
program.
The recommendations in this and any other document are not medical guidelines
but are for educational purposes only. You must consult your physician prior to
starting this or any other program or if you have any medical condition or injury
that can possibly worsen with physical activity. This program is designed for
healthy individuals 18 years and older only. The information in this document is
meant to supplement, not replace, proper exercise training. All forms of exercise
pose some inherent risks. Mike Whitfield, or anyone associated with Crank
Training, LLC (formerly known/also known as Reflections Fitness) advises
readers to take full responsibility for their safety and know their limits. Before
partaking in the exercises in this or any other program, be sure that your
equipment is well-maintained, and do not take risks beyond your level of
experience, aptitude, training and fitness. The exercises and dietary programs in
this book are not intended as a substitute for any exercise routine or treatment or
dietary regimen that may have been prescribed by your physician. Don’t lift
heavy weights if you are alone, inexperienced, injured, or fatigued. Don’t perform
any exercise unless you have been shown the proper technique by a certified
fitness trainer or certified strength and conditioning specialist. Always ask for
instruction and assistance when lifting. Don’t perform any exercise without proper
instruction. Always do a warm-up prior to any exercise including but not limited
to interval training. See your physician before starting any exercise or nutrition
program. If you are taking any medications, you must talk to your physician
before starting any exercise program, including but not limited to Crank Training /
WorkoutFinishers.com. If you experience any lightheadedness, dizziness, or
shortness of breath while exercising, stop the movement and consult a physician
immediately. You must have a complete physical examination if you are
sedentary, if you have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, or diabetes, if you
are overweight, or if you are over 30 years old. Please discuss all nutritional
changes with your physician or a registered dietician. If your physician
recommends that you don’t use this or any other program, please follow your
doctor’s orders.
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Train SAFE!
• Don't do any exercises that you aren't sure how to do. Always get
personal instruction from a certified trainer or ask for a substitute exercise.
• If you need extra recovery within the workout or between workouts, don't
hesitate to take it. In other words, don’t keep going if you’re feeling dizzy!
• Just because something looks easy on paper doesn’t mean you dismiss it.
On the other end – if something looks too difficult, then be safe and use an
easier exercise and adjust recovery and rest periods.
• If you want to start this or any other program but think you have an injury,
get medical attention FIRST and have a professional therapist rehabilitate
your injury before starting any exercise program.
And for the “timed” sets, I strongly encourage you to buy a gymboss interval
timer. For one thing, they are awesome. Also, they are inexpensive for what you
get. Check them out at www.gymboss.com. Or you can use an interval timer
application on your smartphone.
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PRIMER AB FINISHERS................................................................................................ 10
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Things to Remember
• Use any ONE of these finishers at the END of your favorite workout or as off-
day conditioning workout to shed more fat or improve your overall
conditioning. They are also great travel workouts as well when you don’t have
much time.
• Be conservative when you try a finisher for the first time. For example, if a
finisher calls for 3 rounds, complete only 1-2 rounds the first time you do that
finisher.
• Don’t be afraid to substitute an easier exercise to fit your unique fitness level.
For example, you can do regular pushups instead of Spiderman pushups.
Here is what you do: one set of 10 reps of Body Squats, then immediately, with
NO rest, 10 reps of push-ups, THEN rest 30 seconds. See? You would do this 2
more times for a total of 3 supersets.
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Burpee – sub for Bodyweight Squats or Total Body Extensions (or take out the
burpee and/or the jump)
Lunges – If an advanced lunge like the Crossover Lunge is too much, than you
can sub that out for the standard Lunge or Reverse Lunge
Pullups and Chinups – If you don’t have a pullup bar, you can use strap inverted
rows or DB Rows. And hey, let’s face it, not everyone can do pullups and
chinups. There’s also BB Rows, too.
Dips – I’ve thrown dips into the mix with this one and if you’re not comfortable
with Dips or you don’t have access to a Dip Station, than you can use Close-Grip
Pushups.
So, as you can see, that’s just one of the ways you can adjust a finisher to fit
your unique fitness level. You can even mix and match. Let’s say you’re to do T
Pushups for 30 seconds, but you can only last for 20 seconds. Than, you can do
regular pushups for the last 10 seconds.
The same goes to increase a finisher’s difficulty. Perhaps a finisher calls for Total
Body Extensions. You can certainly increase the difficulty by using Jump Squats.
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So to decrease the difficulty of a finisher, you can increase the rest period. So if a
finisher calls for 30 seconds, don’t be afraid to make it 45 seconds to one minute,
depending on your fitness level.
The only thing to keep in mind is that these are finishers – so leave it all on the
table.
The same goes for increasing the difficulty. You can always reduce the rest
periods as well.
Variable # 3 – Volume
Volume simply means how much work is put in. So if you feel you need to cut
back on the volume, that’s fine. For example, let’s say a finisher calls for 4
rounds or circuits. Then you could cut back to 2-3 rounds to reduce the intensity.
If you feel you can put in an extra round and your body can certainly take it, feel
free to do so. But I wouldn’t go crazy !
So that is how you can take literally any finisher and “tweak” it to make it your
own and fit your individual needs and fitness level. So, as a quick recap, you can
manipulate any or a combination of the following variables to adjust any finisher:
Variable 1 – Exercise
Variable 2 – Rest Period
Variable 3 – Volume
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Primer Ab Finishers
If you’re new to using finishers… I suggest you START with these. They will
“prime” your body for the more advanced finishers.
Hybrid Ab Finishers
Imagine a big bowl of soup mixed with bodyweight moves, DB’s, KBs and
more… then eat up.
Bodyweight Ab Finishers
You’ll soon discover most of my finishers use bodyweight anyway, however,
these are different because I designed them so you won’t need ANY equipment
AT ALL.
Ladder Ab Finishers
Using the ladder approach, you’ll burn fat and smoke your abs using this
addicting method.
The Dungeon
Yeah well… it is what it is. Seriously, these are the more EXTREME ab finishers
inside the manual. Imagine an ab finisher on caffeine.
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NOTE – This is one of the longest finishers in the manual and is a great off day
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Note – each exercise is for 20 seconds, but 5 of those seconds will be used to
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Rolling Plank (20 secs left side plank, 20 secs plank, 20 secs right side plank)
Bodyweight Sumo Squat (20 secs)
Rolling Plank (20 secs left side plank, 20 secs plank, 20 secs right side plank)
Total Body Extension (20 secs)
Punisher Squat (20 secs followed by a 10-second hold at the bottom) – 4 times
Close-Grip 3/4th Reps (20 secs), rest 10 secs – 4 times
Alternating Bodyweight Chops (20 secs), rest 10 secs – 4 times
Bodysaw (20 secs), rest 10 secs – 4 times
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Run in Place with High Knees (20 secs), rest 10 secs – 3 times
Mountain Climbers (20 secs), rest 10 secs – 3 times
Run in Place with High Knees (20 secs), rest 10 secs – 2 times
Around the World (20 secs), rest 10 secs – 2 times (switch directions ea. round)
Run in Place with High Knees (20 secs) , rest 10 secs
Stability Ball Plank w/Arms Extended or Plank (20 secs)
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Farmers Walk (skip this if you don’t have DBs) (30 secs)
Bench Vault or Skater Hops (30 secs)
Burpee/X-Body Mountain Climber Combo (30 secs)
KB or DB Swings or Total Body Extensions (30 secs)
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Exercise Library
(Exercises are in alphabetical order)
Disclaimer:
You must have a Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) or Certified Strength &
Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) provide you with instruction on correct form for all
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1-Arm KB or DB Swings
• Hold a kettlebell or dumbell in one hand with your feet shoulder width apart.
• Squat and swing the weight between your legs. Keep your chest up and low
back flat.
• Explode up thrusting your hips forward, as though you were jumping.
• Swing the dumbell to shoulder height. Brace your abs and control the
descent.
1-Arm Pushups
• Put one hand on a medicine ball or small block and form a pushup position,
keeping your abs embraced
• Keeping one hand on the ball, perform a pushup, maintaining a straight line
with your body
• After returning to the starting position, switch hand positions and repeat.
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2-Arm DB Row
• Hold a dumbbell in each hand with an a neutral or overhand grip
• Stand with your knees slightly bent. Push your hips back
• Squeeze your shoulder blades together as you bring the dumbbells up to your
sides.
• Slowly lower to the start position.
Ab Wheel Rollout
• Kneel on a mat with your hands on the ab wheel.
• Keep your body in a straight line, brace your abs, and keep your low back
tensed.
• Slowly roll out as far as is comfortable.
• Keep your abs braced, and contract them maximally to come back up to the
start.
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Atomic Pushup
• Brace your abs. Put your hands on the floor and put your feet in the straps.
• With your arms straight and your back flat, your body should form a straight
line from your shoulders to your ankles.
• Tuck your knees to your chest contracting your abs and pulling your feet
forward.
• Return to the starting position.
• Bend your elbows and lower down into a pushup position.
• Pause and then push back up
• Repeat as necessary
Bench Vault
• Place both hands on the sides of a bench, with your abs braced
• In one motion, vault over the bench, driving your arms down and pulling your
legs, knees and butt toward the ceiling.
• Repeat in the opposite direction.
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Bodysaw
• Support your weight on your forearms and your toes. Put your toes on a towel
if you are on a wood floor. If you are on carpet, put your toes on a weight
plate.
• Keep your abs braced and breathe normally.
• Slide your feet out behind you 6 inches and then slide them back in.
• It’s tough to see in the photos, but you’ll feel it when you try it!
Bodyweight Chops
• Start by holding your hands above your head and to the side.
• In a diagonal and chopping motion, bring your hands towards the opposite
knee with a slight bend in both knees.
• Return to the starting position
• Do all reps on one side and repeat for the other side.
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Bodyweight Row
• Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and your arms extended in front of
you as if you are performing a standing row.
• Bring your arms in while keeping a 90 degree bend with your elbows
• Squeeze your shoulder blades HARD
• Return to the starting position
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Bodyweight Squat
• Stand with your feet just greater than shoulder-width apart.
• Start the movement at the hip joint. Push your hips backward and “sit back
into a chair”. Make your hips go back as far as possible.
• Squat as deep as possible, but keep your low back tensed in a neutral
position.
• Don’t let your lower back become rounded.
• Push with your glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps to return to the start
position.
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Burpee
• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Drop down onto your hands and feet, then thrust your feet back so you are in
a push-up position.
• Perform a pushup (or you can modify this and remove the pushup)
• Thrust your feet back in and then stand up.
• You can add a vertical jump at the end as well.
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Burpee/Sprint Combo
• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Drop down onto your hands and feet, then thrust your feet back so you are in
a push-up position.
• Perform a pushup (or you can modify this and remove the pushup)
• Thrust your feet back in and then stand or jump back up.
• Run in place (with high knees) for 4 reps
• Repeat as necessary.
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Cable Chops
• Stand beside a cable stack with the handle set up at the top position.
• Start with the handle held in both hands over one shoulder.
• Keep your abs braced hard.
• Pull the handle down and across the body, rotating only at the upper back
level with a slight bend in the knees.
• Chop the handle down below knee level while keeping your chest up.
• Reverse the movement. Do not round your lower back.
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Close-Grip Pushup
• Keep the abs braced and body in a straight line from toes/knees to shoulders.
• Place the hands on the floor inside shoulder-width apart.
• Slowly lower yourself down until you are an inch off the ground.
• Tuck your elbows into your sides as you lower your body.
• Push through your chest, shoulders and triceps to return to the start position.
• Keep your body in a straight line at all times and elbows tucked in.
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DB Chops
• Grab a dumbbell
• Start by holding the dumbbell above your head and to the left.
• In a diagonal and chopping motion, bring the dumbbell to the opposite knee
with a slight bend in both knees.
• Brace your abs HARD.
• Return to the starting position and do all reps on one side, then switch or if
you are alternating, then you’ll switch sides you chop with on every rep.
DB Front Squat
• Hold two dumbbells in front of your shoulders, standing with your feet just
outside shoulder width apart.
• Go down by bringing the hips back, maintaining a neutral arch in your back,
until your thighs are about parallel to the ground
• Drive back up through the heels of your feet using your hips and glutes
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DB Jump Squat
• Squat down with your feet just outside shoulder width apart and bringing your
glutes and hips back while holding a pair of dumbbells next to your sides.
• Explode and jump up
• Be sure to land in the squat position (to reduce impact) and repeat as
necessary.
DB Piston Row
• Stand with knees bent, back flat, chest up, and hold a dumbbell in each hand.
• Brace your abs and maintain your torso position while rowing one dumbbell
up to your torso.
• As you lower one dumbbell start rowing the other dumbbell up to your torso.
• Repeat, being in constant motion, until you’ve done all reps.
• Do not round your low back and keep your abs braced at all times.
• Use light weights to maintain perfect form.
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DB Row
• Rest the left hand flat bench or platform, lean over and keep the back flat.
• Hold the dumbbell in the right hand in full extension and slowly row it up to the
lower abdomen.
• Keep the low back tensed in a neutral position and the elbow tight to the side.
• Do NOT round your lower back.
Decline Pushup
• Keep the abs braced and body in a straight line from toes (knees) to
shoulders.
• Place the hands on the floor slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
• Elevate your feet onto stairs or a bench.
• Push through your chest, shoulders and triceps to return to the start position.
• Keep your body in a straight line at all times.
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Divebomber Pushups
• Start with your feet outside shoulder width apart and in the pike pushup
position with your glutes in the air.
• Keeping your hands about shoulder width apart, slowly bring your upper body
towards the floor while shifting your body forward.
• Keep going and bring your chest up while facing straight ahead.
• Slowly return to the starting position.
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Double Burpee
• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Drop down onto your hands and feet, then thrust your feet back so you are in
a push-up position.
• Perform TWO pushups.
• Thrust your feet back in and then stand up.
• You can add a vertical jump at the end as well.
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Elevated Pushup
• Keep the abs braced and body in a straight line from knees to shoulders.
• Place the left hand on the floor and the right hand elevated 4-6 inches on an
aerobic step. Hands are slightly wider than shoulder width apart (normal
pushup width).
• Slowly lower yourself down until you are 2 inches off the ground.
• Push through your chest, shoulders and triceps to return to the start position.
• Keep your body in a straight line at all times.
• Perform all repetitions in this manner and then switch to do all repetitions with
the other arm elevated. Keep your abs braced.
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Farmers Walk
• Grab a pair of heavy dumbbells
• Walk while keeping your upper body tall and your abs braced.
• If working in a small space, you can walk back and forth.
• This is also a great way to build forearm strength.
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Goblet Squat
• Stand with your feet just greater than shoulder-width apart.
• Hold a dumbbell in a “cupped” position at chest height.
• Start the movement at the hip joint. Push your hips backward and “sit back
into a chair”.
• Make your hips go back as far as possible.
• Squat as deep as possible, but keep your low back tensed in a neutral
position.
• Don’t let your lower back become rounded.
• Push with your glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps to return to the start
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Hand Step-ups
• In the pushup position, place your hands on a small step.
• Bring your right hand down to the ground while maintaining a straight line with
your body (don’t let your hips sag).
• Bring the left hand down.
• Then bring the right hand back up to the step followed by bringing the left
hand up.
Hand Walk-outs
• Assume the pushup position with your arms extended
• Maintaining a straight line, “walk” your hands out in front of you.
• Keep your abs braced.
• Walk your hands back in and repeat as necessary.
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Inchworm
• This is a powerful stretch for your hamstrings, so go slow, and don’t round
your back.
• Start in a modified push-up position, with your hands out in front of your
shoulders.
• Keep your legs straight and walk your legs towards your hands.
• Go until you get a stretch, but don’t round your lower back.
• Once you get a stretch, walk your hands out until you are in a modified
pushup.
Inverted Row
• Set a bar at hip height in the smith machine or squat rack.
• Lie underneath the bar and grab it with an underhand grip an inch or two
wider than shoulder-width apart. Row yourself up the top position with your
upper back and lats.
• Keep the abs braced and body in a straight line from toes (knees) to
shoulders.
• Slowly return to the start position.
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Jump Squat
• Squat down with your feet just outside shoulder width apart and bringing your
glutes and hips back
• Explode and jump up
• Be sure to land in the squat position (to reduce impact) and repeat as
necessary.
Jumping Jacks
• Stand on the balls of your feet with your feet shoulder width-apart and arms
by side.
• Jump your feet out to your sides and raise your hands overhead at the same
time.
• Return to the starting position
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KB/DB Snatch
• Hold a kettlebell or dumbell in one hand with your feet shoulder width apart.
• Squat and swing the weight between your legs. Keep your chest up and low
back flat.
• Explode up thrusting your hips forward, as though you were jumping.
• Swing the dumbell to shoulder height. Brace your abs and control the
descent.
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KB/DB Swings
• Stand with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart. Hold a single Kettlebell
or dumbbell in both hands in front of your body at arm’s length.
• Push your hips back and swing the Kettlebell or dumbbell between your legs.
• Drive back up to the start position and swing the Kettlebell or dumbbell up to
chest height. Move at a quick pace.
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Long Jump
• Start in a partial squat position
• Pushing through the glutes and hips, jump as far as you can
• Land in the squat position to minimize the impact on your joints
• Turn around and repeat as necessary
Lunge Jumps
• Start in the bottom of a split squat position. Your front thigh should be parallel
to the floor, your torso upright, and your abs braced.
• Jump up explosively and switch leg positions in the air. Your back leg
becomes the front leg, and vice versa. Absorb the landing with your muscles.
Keep your abs braced and torso upright.
• Alternate sides without resting between sides
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Mountain Climbers
• Brace your abs. Start in the top of the push-up position.
• Keep your abs braced, pick one foot up off the floor, and slowly bring your
knee up to your chest. Do not let your hips sag or rotate.
• Keep your abs braced and slowly return your leg to the start position.
• Alternate sides until you complete all of the required repetitions.
Offset Pushup
• Keep your abs braced and body in a straight line from toes to shoulders.
• Place the hands on the floor slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, BUT
place one hand in front of shoulder level and the other hand behind shoulder
level.
• Slowly lower yourself down until you are 1 inch off the ground.
• Push through your chest, shoulders and triceps to return to the start position.
• Keep your body in a straight line at all times.
• Do all reps for one side and then change hand positions and complete all
other reps.
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On/Off Plank
• Hold the plank position as prescribed, keeping your abs braced; this is the
“on” position.
• The “off” position is when you rest by allowing your body to rest on the floor
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Pike Pushups
• Put your feet on a high box.
• Put your hands on the floor, and bring them as close to the box as you can while
piking your hips as high in the air as possible.
• This allows your upper body to be upright and allows you to work your shoulders and
triceps as hard as possible.
• Bend your elbows and lower your body to the floor.
• Push up with your shoulders and triceps to return to the start position.
Plank
• Lie on your stomach on a mat.
• Raise your body in a straight line and rest your bodyweight on your elbows
and toes so that your body hovers over the mat.
• Keep your back straight and your hips up. Hold (brace) your abs tight.
Contract them as if someone was about to punch you in the stomach, but
breath normally.
• Hold this position for the recommended amount of time.
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Plank to Pushup
• Hold the plank position by maintaining a straight line with your body and
balancing your weight on our forearms and toes.
• Keep your abs braced.
• Move into the pushup position by pushing through the floor through your
hands, raising one arm at a time.
• Return to the plank position.
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Prisoner Squat
• Stand with your feet just greater than shoulder-width apart.
• Clasp your hands behind your head. Keep your elbows back and shoulder
blades pulled together to work the upper back.
• Start the movement at the hip joint. Push your hips backward and “sit back
into a chair”. Make your hips go back as far as possible.
• Squat as deep as possible, but keep your low back tensed in a neutral
position.
• Do not round your lower back.
• Push with your glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps to return to the start
position.
Pushup Plank
• Start in the top of a pushup position. Hold your body in a straight line.
• Keep your back straight and your hips up. Hold (brace) your abs tight.
Contract them as if someone was about to punch you in the stomach, but
breath normally.
• The lower you are, the more difficult it will be
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Pushup
• Keep the abs braced and body in a straight line from toes/knees to shoulders.
• Place the hands on the floor slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
• Slowly lower yourself down until you are an inch off the ground.
• Push through your chest, shoulders and triceps to return to the start position.
• Keep your body in a straight line at all times.
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Renegade Pushups
• Start in a push-up position as you grip a pair of dumbbells.
• Maintaining a straight line and your abs braced, perform a pushup by lowering
your body
• Return to the starting position
Renegade Row
• Assume the pushup position while keeping your hands on a pair of dumbbells
and your arms extended
• Keep your abs braced
• Complete a DB Row, maintaining a straight line with your body followed
immediately by a pushup
• Alternate sides and repeat
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Rolling Plank
• Perform a standard plank by maintaining a straight line with your body and
balancing your weight on your toes and forearms.
• Brace your abs hard.
• Then “roll” to one side and perform a side plank, maintaining your balance on
your one foreram.
• Then “roll” to the other side and repeat.
• Do each movement for the time prescribed.
Run in Place
• Run in place, bringing your knees high, alternating steps.
• Increase the intensity by going faster.
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Shuttle Sprints
• Set up two cones, dumbbells, or whatever you have available for markers,
about 10-30 feet apart or you can pick a spot on the floor to use as markers.
• Starting at marker 1, run to marker 2 and touch the ground
• Repeat as necessary until time is up
Side-to-Side Jumps
• This move will make you feel like a kid – it’s like lateral jumps but less impact.
• Imagine a line next to you and hop “over” the line to one side.
• Repeat back to the other side.
• Go as fast as possible.
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Skater Hops
• Start with your feet shoulder width apart
• Jump to one side on one foot, shifting all your weight to the leg you jumped
out with
• Now jump to the other side with the other leg and repeat.
Spiderman Climb
• Brace your abs. Start in the top of the pushup position.
• Keep your abs braced, pick one foot up off the floor, and slowly bring your
knee up outside of your shoulder and touch your foot to the ground.
• Keep your abs braced and slowly return your leg to the start position.
• Alternate sides until you complete all of the required repetitions.
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Squat Thrust
• Start in the pushup position with your abs braced
• Bring your feet in towards your chest in an explosive fashion
• Return to the starting position by “kicking” your feet back out
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Strap Ab Pike
• Brace your abs. Place your feet into the strap handles and your hands on the
ground.
• With your arms straight and your back flat, your body should form a straight
line from your shoulders to your ankles.
• Keeping your back straight, pull your feet as close to your hands as possible
by contracting your abs and piking your hips up in the air.
• Pause and then return your feet to the starting position.
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Strap Fallout
• Kneel on the ground with your hands in the straps.
• Keep your body in a straight line, brace your abs, and keep your low back
tensed.
• Lean forward & extend your arms overhead and keep your abs braced as they
stretch.
• Contract your abs and keep your body in a straight line from toes to shoulders
as you come back up to the start.
Strap Jackknife
• Brace your abs. Put your hands on the floor and put your feet in the straps.
• With your arms straight and your back flat, your body should form a straight
line from your shoulders to your ankles.
• Tuck your knees to your chest contracting your abs and pulling your feet
forward.
• Return to the starting position.
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Strap Row
• Grab the straps and take 2 steps backward. Lean back and rest the weight on
heels.
• Hold the straps with your palms facing together.
• Keep the abs braced and body in a straight line from heels to shoulders.
• Row your body up until your chest is at strap height.
• Slowly return to the start position.
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T Pushup
• Keep the abs braced and body in a straight line from toes to shoulders.
• Place the hands on the floor slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
• Slowly lower yourself down until you are 2 inches off the ground.
• Push off to return to the start position.
• As you come up, rotate to one side and point that arm towards the ceiling.
• Alternate sides with each rep.
TD Squat
• Stand with your feet just outside shoulder width apart and your arms
extended above your head.
• Squat down in by pushing your hips back, while keeping your arms extended
above.
• Return to the start position by driving through the glutes, quads and
hamstrings.
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Walking Lunge
• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart.
• Step forward with your right leg, taking a slightly larger than normal step.
• Keep your left toe on the ground and use it to help keep your balance. The
left knee should also be bent.
• Lower your body until your right thigh is parallel to the ground.
• Keep your upper body upright and your lower back flat.
• Drive through the lead leg to step forward to the standing position. Alternate
sides.
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