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Emily Skye encourages her countless social networking followers to reside active, authentic lives. That’s why Health partnered with Skye on our 30-Day Love Your Strength Challenge, a get-fit program that will help you become the perfect strongest, happiest self.
Skye’s core workout can be achieved as part of the Love Your Strength Challenge, or you can incorporate it into your own strength training routine. The only real equipment you’ll need is really a mat, and the workout can be achieved anywhere-at home, a fitness center, or even a hotel room.
“Almost all women that I speak with wants to possess a great group of abs,” says Skye. “Doing abs- and core-focused training can help you achieve?that. While there are great cosmetic benefits?to abs and core training, I believe the higher?advantages to this kind of training are the improvements it gives your day-to-day life. It’s one thing to have strong abs, but it is more essential to possess a strong core. Your core muscles would be the muscles in the human body that you can’t see, but do almost all the work. For people that suffer from lower back pain and poor posture, working on your core strength can go a long way to helping you improve?these problems.”
Figure 8s (30 seconds)
V ups (Thirty seconds)
Russian twist (Thirty seconds)
Butterfly kicks (Thirty seconds)
Lying leg crossovers?(30 seconds)
Rest for 60 seconds. Repeat the circuit as much as 5 more times.
Complete 40 seconds of each exercise one by one, then rest for 90 seconds. Then complete 35 seconds of each exercise one after the other, then rest for 90 seconds. Continue such as this, taking 5 seconds off each exercise and resting for 90 seconds, before you get to the stage where you’re doing each exercise for 25 seconds.
