Abs to the Core

Description

Are you prepared to rock your abs to the core by twisting, planking, crunching, and rocking them?

The Abs to the Core Challenge is designed to help you gain definition in your abdominal muscles while also taking your full-body strength to a core level.

A strong core provides benefits that go beyond having a beach-ready flat stomach, such as boosting the effectiveness of your strength training and helping you move more fluidly and efficiently throughout your everyday life. There are no short cuts, only actual outcomes. In this one-and-only challenge for your abdominal muscles, we will show you how to obtain strong and sculpted abs.

How does the Abs to the Core Challenge work?
We’re going to define and sculpt your abs and build an all-round stronger core. Because there’s a whole lot more to your abs than one muscle.

It’s a full-body challenge with a focus on the core – so every day you’ll be doing a mix of full-body and ab-focused exercises to burn fat, build strength, and maximise your results.

Why aren’t we hitting your core 24/7? Because we need to give your abdominal muscles a chance to recover and grow, and we also want to work all those muscles in your lower and upper body that work in unison with your core to deliver total body mobility and power.

Plus, we’ll give you a booster you can add onto your regular workouts so you can keep making those ab gains even after the challenge is over.

Do I need equipment?
To make it easy to do my abs challenge at home, we are keeping these workouts to dumbbells and bodyweight only, as well as a few bench exercises (AKA your couch!) If you don’t have dumbbells, you probably already have a few handy substitutes lying around the house. You can up the intensity of the challenge by increasing your weights or completing more reps.

Why work my abs AND core?
The Abs to the Core Challenge will take you way beyond aesthetic benefits. Think of your core as Central Station – the point through which all movement down to your lower body or up to your upper body must travel. When it’s strong and stable, you won’t overcompensate with other muscles, so your risk of injury is reduced, and your balance and flexibility will be at the top of its game.

As well as providing back-up for your back, strong abs can improve your posture by drawing your chest up and shoulders back, and boost your muscle-building game – by strengthening your core to maintain that neutral spine, when you can finally get back to the gym you’ll be ready to lift heavier and with better form. On top of that, a strong core can help you run faster, too.