create your own ab workout

You ever have days where you set your intentions to work out, you head into your gym or home gym and then you space on your routine or lose motivation, ending up being less productive than planned? For those of you saying no, well that's awesome for you, haha, you probably have an organized workout regiment that you stick with. But those of you like me, who outside of tried and true favorites, don't have a structured plan of action each time your Nike's hit the gym floor - this post is for you. 

Mr. Charming and I put together this master list of ab exercises and it's framed on our gym wall. A few times a week we set our intentions on a number, 200, 300 etc. and then pull from the list the exercises we want to knock out in sets of 20. It gives us the opportunity to mix it up daily and allows us to get right into our workouts without much planning. Below you will find our bank of 20 abdominal exercises that you can mix and match to make your optimal workout of the day. When added with cardio and yoga or Pilates, your abs will get an awesome workout each week!

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Floor Exercises:
Rope Climb
Oblique Crunch
Side Hold Plank
Traditional Plank
V-Sit Hold
Traditional Crunch
Leg Scissors
Backwards Crunch
Swimmies
Knee To Chest (on all fours)
Long-Lever Sit Ups
Traditional Sit-Up
Diagonal Long-Lever Sit Ups
Bicycle
Leg Circles
Superman Hold
Cobra Stretch

Standing Exercises: 
Knee Raises
Side Bends (With weights)
Ab Twist (with Medicine Ball) 

With crop tops back in style, step up your AB game with this quick and easy grab and go workout!

If you have any questions on the above exercises, leave it in the comments! Most of them are pretty straight forward, and if you are used to working out shouldn't be anything new. It's just convenient to have a handy-dandy list in place so you can pick and choose and knock them out without much planning. 

Have any to add to the list or do you have a favorite? I'd love to know! Happy summer to my healthy foodie & fitness girls & guys!