If you’re on a mission to get 8 pack abs, it’s time to take a good look at what you’re doing for your ab workout routine. While you definitely don’t want to spend hours and hours each week doing ab exercises as the more productive way to melt fat is through full body workouts, it’s still critical to have a good ab workout in place.
This will go a long way towards helping to strengthen the abs so that you not only look great, but also perform great as well.
One of the more popular types of ab training programs is a circuit training program. Let’s go over the basics of this and how it relates to your 8 pack abs.
The Concept Behind Circuit Training
The idea behind a circuit training routine will be to perform a series of exercises one immediately after the other as fast as you possibly can without breaking in between.
While you can do this with other exercises as well, putting together a full body circuit training routine, it for the purposes of this you’ll just be doing it with abdominal exercises.
Once all the exercises are completed, then you can rest for about one minute before completing a second, and then if you’re up for it, a third round.
The Benefits Of Circuit Training
The benefits of circuit training routine are many. First, they’re fast. Most circuit routines will only take about ten minutes to go through, so they’re easy to tack on at the end of a workout session before you leave the gym, or do first thing in the morning to get your day kick-started.
Secondly, since you are going to be constantly moving as you complete the circuit, this increases your total calorie burn and will be more effective for helping you lose the fat from the mid-section.
While ab circuits will never be quite as intense as say a full body circuit, they’ll still work the body harder than a simple and straightforward session would.
Your Circuit Training Workout Routine
So all of these benefits stated, let’s show you what a circuit training routine would look like.
You will perform the following exercises aiming for 15 reps of each movement one immediately after the next. Once the full circuit is complete, break for 1 minute and then cycle through one more time.
Remember that even though this is a fast paced workout, maintaining proper form is still a must.
Exercise Selection:
Crunches on an exercise ball
Plank (30 second hold rather than reps)
Bicycle
Prone Ball Roll In
Lying Leg Raise
Side Plank (30 seconds on each side)
So next time you’re in the gym, give this abdominal circuit training routine a try.
