The first exercise is the half squat and it is one of those balancing exercises that you have to get used to. The first time I tried this exercise, I didn’t like it and I was loosing my balance a lot, but I didn’t give up on it and now I really like to incorporate [...]

Hands Elevated push ups on knees is a great exercise for strengthening the chest, shoulders and triceps. The hands in elevated position increase the range of motion and pre-stretch the chest muscles. The pre-stretch of your muscles will give you more energy for contraction and you will perform these push ups with greater force. You [...]

The first exercise is an overhead press on the Stability ball with one leg extended. This exercise works your shoulders, lats, quads and core.  Sit on the Stability ball and extend one leg infront of you. Hold the dumbbells up so that your upper arms are parallel to the floor and your elbows bend in [...]

The first exercise is a combination of a backward lunge and a tricep kickback. You start standing with your arms extended down, holding a dumbbell in each hand palms facing the sides of your thighs. Lunge back and bend your upper body forward. Bring your elbows up towards the ceiling and then extend your arms [...]

The first exercise on the Stability ball is working not only your shoulders but also your traps, lats, glutes and core.  The Stability ball should be supporting your hips and lower abs. I am always pressing my feet against the wall for better stability. Extend your arms at each side of the ball, holding lighter [...]

 The third part of this workout is targeting your quads, hamstrings and core.
Leg extensions on Stability ball:
1. Find something that you can hold on to while performing this exercise. You can press a chair against a wall and then the stability ball against the chair. You can hold on to the chair from behind.
2. Engage [...]

One leg single row – back exercise
1. Stand on one leg, knee of the standing leg is only slightly bend, your upper body and the other leg is in one line parallel to the floor and your arms extended towards the ground.
2. Hold a dumbbell in each hand palms facing each other.
3. Start to pull [...]

 
This is part one of a full body workout routine that I have put together that specifically targets and strengthens the abs and core. There are 16 exercises in this workout. You will be working all of the major muscle groups while at the same time strengthening your core. The core is the mid-section of [...]