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AB Circuits
Equipment – Mat/ Stability Ball / Medicine Ball/ Mat
Plank Pose
Knee to chest with toes on plates
Bent Arm Forearm Plank with hands interlaced
Bring knee to elbow opposite side
Plank Pose
Slide both feet to palms hips reach high legs straight
Bend knees feet to palms
Alternate Bend knees / straight leg
Feet together legs extend to right center left center legs are straight
Wide Legs & Feet pull together
Then alternate straight legs out to opposite side pull feet in together and up towards palms
9:00 and 3:00 position cross right leg under left then left under right to 9.
Abs on Mat
Roll onto back extend legs 45degree angle arms by sides pulse arms up and down
Move into full crunches (roll up to toes all the way one vertebrae at a time down hands above head)
Butterflies – Lay on back hands above head feet long – contract the body into ball pulls arms and knees in
Side plank modified palm behind head bring elbow down
Legs up the wall pose (palms not under hips) roll the legs in circles
Forearm side plank – Arm high reach high leg back
Sit up legs out to the side – Right fingers saw to outside Left foot reach opposite side
Stability Ball
Seated on Ball: Arms above head crunch up open Chest press / goal post arms squeeze up crunches include extending arms high
Seated on Mat – modified v-sit up:
Sit ups with ball Right knee bent Left Leg extended long roll down ball over head roll up and crunch bringing ball to foot
V-sit up : Ball Hand feet hand off crunch bent knees will help with back.
Side Oblique’s on ball
Prone over ball – arms in push up position ball under thighs – Left and lower legs (low back work out)
Ball roll outs Knees on mat ball in front of you roll the ball out on forearms and pull in
Plank over ball – ball on toes make the shape of and L with your body hips stack above elbows
Lift and Low hip – then add alternating legs
Onto Mat no ball ABS segment:
Crunches with hands over head bring finger tips to heels and out
Right leg high left leg long palms by side’s Stationary scissor roll ups (roll up count 2 down 2)
Heels tap crunches – tap out 3times then crunch
Rope roll ups – slide down the rope
Bring Left palm behind head opposite arm long reach fingers to heels pulse
Oblique – Jack knifes on the hip elbow for support lift legs switch sides
Grab Medicine Ball:
Crunch / knees bent / bring ball over head / raise ball and one knee together
Opposite legs alternate knee to ball from over head
Crunch / ball over head bring in with both knees squeeze in – ball to shins
Ball extended over head 2in from mat – scissor the legs / Right to Left
Ball starts over head crunch up Right knee bent / bring ball to Left Foot Lower
Ball twist around the body – Sitting up knees bent place ball around the body grab w/ opposite side
Sumo squat lower ball down between legs and then extend high over head
Lift and Lower golf swing – lower ball to left feet and extend high to right twisting the torso
Half Moon with Ball reaching to side / center / side
Sunflower shoulder openers with medicine ball
Grab weights:
Opposite elbow to knee crunches extend opposite leg long
Butterflies with weights on palms knees stay together chest press in elbows to knees
Plow roll ups – palms flat by sides legs roll up towards sky and lower slow
Lift for 2 counts lower slowly for 8 counts
Roll onto belly
Cobra Lifts
Roll onto back modified boat pose extend legs straight up roll down and up
Rocking chair modification as rolling up place palms around right knee Left Leg long pull knees together roll down and up
Reverse Table Top
Bicycle sit ups
Supine roll outs slow side to side
Legs up the wall pose legs tilt like a clock to the side
Cool Down:
Lower legs
in Cat Cow pose
Roll into side plank option swoop arm under and up
Upward dog to down dog
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