Cap off your training week with this intermediate 22-min Bosu ball core and abs workout! Tone your midsection, build core endurance, and challenge your balance and stability. Great finish to a full week of compound lifts, cardio, and mobility work.
🎯 Core: Let\'s begin working that core by first focusing on your lower abs! No need to rush these, find your balance, and bring those legs up at about 1 - 2 seconds per rep.
🎯 Core: Now onto some overall core endurance work! Aim to reach out once every 5 seconds. The focus here should be on keeping your back nice and straight.
🎯 Core: Our final core work of the day! Remember, the core doesn\'t only include the abdominal muscles, but also the muscles in your lower back and glutes too!
About this workout
Intermediate 22-Min Bosu Ball Core & Abs Tone is a free 22 min workout plan with 6 illustrated exercises for your core, glutes, abs and hips. Follow the workout online, save it to your WorkoutLabs Fit account or download it as a printable PDF.
Tap any exercise in the workout to see the muscles worked, clear exercise illustrations and step-by-step instructions. Each workout includes sets, reps, rest times and notes so you can follow the plan without guessing.
You'll need bosu ball for this workout. Tap any exercise to see form instructions and possible substitutions if a piece of equipment isn't available.
How long does the Intermediate 22-Min Bosu Ball Core & Abs Tone take?
The full workout takes about 22 minutes, covering 6 exercises with prescribed sets, reps and rest periods. Using the built-in timers and auto-advance keeps you on pace from start to finish.
Is this workout suitable for my fitness level?
This is an intermediate workout, best suited to people with some training experience. Beginners can still follow it by reducing the weight, doing fewer sets or resting longer between sets – each exercise includes illustrated form instructions.
What muscles does this workout target?
This routine primarily works your glutes & hip flexors, hamstrings, abs, obliques, lower back. Tap any exercise in the workout to see a muscle diagram showing exactly which primary and secondary muscles it activates.
How often should I do this workout?
For get toned, increase endurance, aim to do this workout 2–3 times per week with at least one rest day between sessions. Progress by gradually adding weight or reps, and pair it with workouts for other muscle groups during the week.
Can I download or save this workout?
Yes – you can download this workout as a free printable PDF using the download button, or save it to a free WorkoutLabs Fit account to follow it on your phone, customize the exercises and track your progress.
Cap off your training week with this intermediate 22-min Bosu ball core and abs workout! Tone your midsection, build core endurance, and challenge your balance and stability. Great finish to a full week of compound lifts, cardio, and mobility work.
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Stand tall with your chest up. Move your feet to shoulder-width apart. Place your hands on your hips.
Begin the movement by shifting your hips to the left. Bring them forward and to the right in a circular motion. From the right, shift your hips back and to the left.
Continue in this circular motion. Stop once to switch directions.
🎯 Core: Let\'s begin working that core by first focusing on your lower abs! No need to rush these, find your balance, and bring those legs up at about 1 - 2 seconds per rep.
Lie on an exercise mat, with your back flat, knees bent and your feet flat on the floor slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
Fully extend your arms down the side of your body, palms facing in. This is the start position.
Exhaling, crunch your torso forward and to the right until you can touch your right heel with your right hand. Hold for a count of one.
Return to the starting position smooth motion, inhaling as you do so.
Repeat the movement, this time to your left side.
When you have completed the movement on both sides, you have done one repetition.
Repeat.
Primary muscle group(s):
Abs
Lie flat on your back with your feet flat on the ground, with your knees bent at 90 degrees. Alternatively, you can place your feet up on a bench a few inches apart with your toes turned inwards and touching.
Place your hands lightly on either side of your head.
Keep your elbows in so that they are parallel to your body.
Push your back down flat into the floor to isolate your abdominal muscles.
Gently curl your shoulders forward and up off the floor.
Continue to push down into the floor with your lower back.
Raise your shoulders about four to six inches only.
Hold and squeeze your abdominal muscles for a count of one.
Return to the start position in a smooth movement.
🎯 Core: Now onto some overall core endurance work! Aim to reach out once every 5 seconds. The focus here should be on keeping your back nice and straight.
🎯 Core: Our final core work of the day! Remember, the core doesn\'t only include the abdominal muscles, but also the muscles in your lower back and glutes too!