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5 Minute Women's Abs Workout

Too busy to do a full abs workout? If so, tryï¿½this five minute abs workout.ï¿½It isï¿½harder thenï¿½it looks!

Five Minute Women’s Abs Workout

You would be surprised how often I do a full session of abs training in only five minutes. Sometimes I find that I am too busy working other muscles that by the time I come to my abs I am too tired.

As a result I decided to create some short workouts that I could do in five minutes before breakfast. And, to my surprise, I got some results.

Principles of Five Minute Abs Training

If you want to work out your abs in five minutes and do it so that they make progress and grow then you need a few key elements:

You need a high pain tolerance as the workouts hurt!
You need to increase the intensity such that five minutes seems like 20.
You need to learn to focus ONLY your abs muscles and not resort to the ‘cheat’ muscles like the hip flexors and legs.
You need PERFECT technique throughout the whole workout.

If you can get these things together than a five minute abs workout might be all you need.

Five Minute Abs - Yeah Right!

Now, I am aware that five minute abs sounds like a late night television commercial where I try to sell you a crap gadget that doesn’t work in 30 minutes, let alone five!

However, I will be the first to admit that working your abs out in five minutes isn’t for everyone. Some people like to take it really slow, have big rest inbetween each set and those people probably won’t like this.

But, sometimes all you have is five minutes and for those times these five minute abs workouts are great. That is what this post is about.

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The Five Minute Workout

So, hereï¿½is the quick abs workoutï¿½I have used on occasion.

Like any muscle, don’t workout two days in a row and give the abs plenty of rest. Eat plenty of protein and watch your calories because we all know how a layer of fat will make the best abs turn bad!

The Abs Workout

- Perform a brief warm up.
- Take a five or ten kilogram weight and place in on your chest and perform a set of crunches to failure. Take the weight off of your chest and perform another set to failure. These repetitions should be slightly faster than normal.
- Perform this sequence for three minutes taking only very very small breaks.
- The last minute of the five should be spent doing crunches as fast as you can without sacrificing your technique.
- Warm down.

And that’s it! Try it and let me know how it goes. Does anyone else have short abs workouts we can try?

Comments on this article:

Chris said:

This looks tough! I'm going to try it this weekend. Thanks.

bella the smella said:

Nice one! I'm not sure I can handle 10 kilos on the weight but I will pick something heavy. I bet I am sore the day after.

Keep up the great work!

babie said:

yeah, i do a workout like this quite often. i think it is working so i will keep it up. good post.

RT said:

Thanks for the feedback guys!
Make sure you let me know how the workout goes and don't stick to the same one for too long - you gotta keep mixing it up.
RT

livia said:

i think its hard but i try

marissia said:

i think it sounds good and i\'ll try it, but what does \"untill failure\" mean

RWF said:

Until failure means you can't do 1 more

Gezelle said:

i have somewhat of a pouched stomach will this same technique work for me and should i do it a bit longer than 5 mins?

I like snack foods ALOT is there a substitute food that i can use instead?

is cutting down on mealswhile doing these exercises a good or bad way to lose weight?

Monkey Woman said:

Gezelle:

Orville Redenbacker(sp?) has some new health popcorns out there these days. Also, since I like to snack too, I usually get dried fruits and nuts (AKA trail mix) and snack a bunch throughout the day. It doesn't quite beat pizza or those big unhealthy fried foods, but it works.

Skipping meals will actually make you retain more weight... because it makes your body go kind of into hibernation mode and store all fats. I wouldn't say that cutting down would be a good idea, but remember that your meat or main food product should be the size or your fist, and no bigger. That's my problem - portions. Ugh.

Anyhow... about the trail mix, it's good to veg out in front of the tv with. Just don't eat an entire bag (unless you put some in little snack baggies that are portion controlled.)

girlie said:

Should I not eat rice anymore?

loza said:

wow!! i really hope that it would work . i have been tryin everything!! i really want those abs for the summer

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