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GET ROCK SOLID ABS (from Women's Health Magazine)
20 Minute Workout--Rock Solid Abs
The first installment in our 20-minute workout series will give you a bulletproof core
Jenny Everett, workout by Amy Dixon
You've been obsessing over your abs for almost two decades. That ends now. Because we laid out a foolproof plan to kick those elusive buggers out of hiding. Finally. Why's our plan so damn effective? Because it hits your entire core--not just your abs but the muscles that support the spine--from all angles with a variety of moves that challenge your stability, balance, and rotational strength. As for results: Do the moves two to three nonconsecutive days a week and you'll notice a flat-out hot difference in just 30 days. And here's even better news: Right here every month, you'll find a brand-new workout instruction focused on a different goal--so you can transform your entire body by the end of the year. All of these workouts are designed by WH fitness columnist Amy Dixon, an exercise physiologist and a group fitness manager for Equinox in Santa Monica, California. Apply her genius and marvel at the results.
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Ouch! I tried out this new workout I got in my most recent edition of Women's Health magazine during lunch on Tuesday. As I was doing the exercises, I was thinking "this isn't really doing much." I didn't really feel much of anything but awkward when I was doing them. Then Tuesday night rolled around. My abs already started talking to me. They have only gotten worse since then! Last night I couldn't even lift my head in bed because they hurt so bad. This morning I just coughed and nearly fell out of my chair. So, I guess it is safe to say the workout is effective. I am going to switch out exercises #6 and #7 for other similar exercises because I fell off the ball and landed on my coffee table when trying #6, and #7 just didn't do it for me. But, I'm taking the challenge! They say if I do the workout 2-3 times for a month I will have noticeable results. My coworker Roxzan is on the "Rock Solid Abs" bandwagon too. We will see how long this actually lasts, but so far, so good, and so painful!

Comments

Anonymous said…
After day 1 of "Rock Solid Abs" I now feel pain all over... I may have mocked the 30 day challege when I agreed, but if this is how I feel from 1 day then maybe that picture really will be what my abs look like! (They are just SO close already :) ) When I wiped off the ball during move 5 I modified it to have my forearm on the ball for more stability. See if that helps. - Roxzan
March 6, 2008 at 9:28 AM
greyhound said…
That second, headless picture of your abs is incredible.

That is you, right?
March 6, 2008 at 10:33 AM
CoachLiz said…
Um, I did this and I was not in the type of pain that you are talking about.

But then again I am a full time fitness professional and Pilates trainer.

LOVE the side planks!!!
March 6, 2008 at 10:14 PM
shelek said…
Those positions look... weird. I'd be afraid of injury if I did them.

Ab pain is the worst-- you think it's not going to come and then it knocks you on your hiney. I'm sure you'll be doing that stuff with ease in no time. And you DO have nice abs.

Not that I've been looking or anything.
March 7, 2008 at 10:35 AM
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