{"id":47139,"date":"2016-01-22T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=47139"},"modified":"2016-07-28T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T19:26:33","slug":"365-5-minute-ab-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/db\/365-5-minute-ab-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Burn: 5-Minute Ab Workout"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47143\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47143 size-full\" title=\"The 5-Minute Ab Workout to Strengthen Your Core \" src=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/5-minute-ab-workout-pin.jpg\" alt=\"The 5-Minute Ab Workout to Strengthen Your Core \" width=\"620\" height=\"930\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/365?partner=life&amp;mtype=5&amp;ldate=012216&amp;grp=fitness&amp;crtv=miniburnabs&amp;utm_source=life&amp;utm_medium=textlink&amp;utm_campaign=fitness&amp;utm_content=miniburnabs&amp;sub_id=365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Burn<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Got five minutes? That\u2019s all you the time you need to work your core, thanks to this quick 5-minute ab workout from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/365?partner=life&amp;mtype=5&amp;ldate=012216&amp;grp=fitness&amp;crtv=miniburnabs&amp;utm_source=life&amp;utm_medium=textlink&amp;utm_campaign=fitness&amp;utm_content=miniburnabs&amp;sub_id=365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Burn<\/a> trainer Anja Garcia. Whether you\u2019re tacking it on to the end of your <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/db\/365-cardio-kickboxing-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cardio session<\/a>, or simply squeezing in five minutes of fitness before you start your day, we promise you\u2019ll feel the burn. \u201cIf things start to shake, things are working,\u201d Garcia says.<\/p>\n<p>Perform each move for 50 seconds, with 10 seconds of rest in between. You\u2019ll be done before you know it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/db\/dailyburn-365-workout-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Burn 365: New Workouts, 7 Days a Week<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>The 5-Minute Ab Workout You Won\u2019t Get Sick Of<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RVQ5YA94D28\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong>1.Standing Cross Crunch<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>How to:<\/strong> Stand straight, arms behind your head. Perform a standing crunch, bringing your opposite elbow to opposite knee. \u201cYou may feel like you\u2019re getting off balance, but that\u2019s part of the drill here,\u201d Garcia says. With each crunch, try to drive your knee so it\u2019s at a 90-degree angle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/db\/365-barre-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pulse, Plank, Pli\u00e9: The Barre Workout You Can Do at Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Beast Crunch<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>How to:<\/strong> Get down on the floor, positioned on your hands and knees. Lift your knees a few inches off the ground. Twist your torso side to side, bringing your right glute towards the ground (but not touching!), then your left. Need a challenge? Pick up your right hand, and bring your left knee in to touch your right elbow \u2014\u00a0and repeat on the opposite side. \u201cYou\u2019ll feel that right into those obliques \u2014 those are the side abs,\u201d Garcia says. \u201cI really like this movement because we\u2019re not on our <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/fitness\/no-equipment-back-exercises\/\"   title=\"back\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"632\">back<\/a>, but everything is working from the front of our core to the backside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/db\/365-inner-thigh-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tone Your Thighs: 3 Moves for Awesome Legs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Side Plank<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>How to:<\/strong> Lie on your right side, propped up on your right elbow, right knee on the ground, left arm straight up in the air. Reach your right arm down, threading it under your torso, then bring it straight up into the air again. Then, lift your left leg up, bending at the knee, as you bring your left arm down, touching knee to elbow. For an extra challenge, lift your bottom knee off the ground to come into full plank. Repeat for 25 seconds on each side.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">4. Plank Walks<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>How to:<\/strong> Sit on your butt, legs out in front of you. Plant your hands on the ground just behind your butt, fingers pointing towards your toes. Lift your butt off the ground, keeping your legs straight. Hold there, or for an extra challenge, bring alternating knees towards your chest. \u201cNow remember that your core involves your back as well as the front side, which is why this move is so important,\u201d Garcia says. Keep your hips lifted as you go; they might start to drop as you get tired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/db\/circuit-training-workouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burn Fat, Build Muscle: 3 Killer Circuit Training Workouts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">5. Tick Tocks<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>How to:<\/strong> Stand up, feet positioned wider than your hips, toes pointed out. Put your hands behind your head and get into a squat position. Then, keeping your torso upright, reach your elbows side-to-side, bringing your right elbow to your right knee, and left elbow to your left knee. Keep your belly button tucked up and in. \u201cPretend that there\u2019s a wall in front of you, so you\u2019re not starting to hunch forward,\u201d Garcia says.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Want more no-equipment exercises like these? Head to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/365?partner=life&amp;mtype=5&amp;ldate=012216&amp;grp=fitness&amp;crtv=miniburnabs&amp;utm_source=life&amp;utm_medium=textlink&amp;utm_campaign=fitness&amp;utm_content=miniburnabs&amp;sub_id=365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DailyBurn.com\/365<\/a> to get new live workouts, daily.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody wants to spend an hour a day working their abs. 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