Abs are made in the kitchen. While yes, abs are made in the gym, what you make + eat in your kitchen is what will reveal them. Only about 30% of what you do in the gym will help with the abs, the other 70% is all about what you’re putting into your body. In this post, I will go over (and show you!) some exercises I do to help with my abs. I don’t have a six pack (I do have a sweet tooth 😉 ), but I do know these exercises are some of the best and will def have your abs burning the next day!

I do abs about four times a week. I dedicate one day to all exercises on the stability ball, another day to solely planks, another day leg raises/cable crunches/Russian twists, and another day on just random ab machines.

*Some of these require a pilates ball, but I will also include some other exercises that you can do without*

Feel free to mix and match!

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• Stability ball pike – 4 sets of 25

• Stability ball mountain climbers – 2 sets of 30

• Stability ball V-Up – 2 sets of 30
  • Video here

• Legs on ball crunch – 2 sets of 30

• Side touches – 2 sets of 60 (30 each side)

• Crunches on ball – 2 sets of 30
• Stability ball tuck
  • Video here
• Hip side raises – 2 sets of 30 (each side)
• Planks – I do seven minutes – one minute for each of the below
  • Regular plank
  • Star plank
  • Feet on stability ball
  • Left side plank
  • Right side plank
  • Elbows on stability ball plank
  • Regular plank to start plank (every ten seconds switch)
• Plank rolls – 2 sets of 30
• Plank knees to elbow – 2 sets of 30(each)
• Russian Twists (with 12 pound ball) – 4 sets of 25
• Leg raises – 4 sets of 25
• Cable crunches – 4 sets of 30
• Weighted punch crunch – 4 sets of 25