Dear Fun and Fit: I tried the core assessment move in your post, ‘Do You Really Have Core Strength?‘ and flopped like a fish. Now that I’m confirmed as a fish with a weak core, do you have a post or video as to what I do next to strengthen my abs? Give up and eat mud pie? Nora, Atlanta, GA
For you, Nora and all our interested readers, we offer another exercise in our series of effective ab workouts. This one shows the wrong and right way to perform a rotating core move.
After you try this (and watching the video while muttering, “unh hunh, I can do that exercise correctly” doesn’t count as trying), you might still have enough energy to work your way through our series of ab exercises. These ab workouts will definitely have you rotating, flexing and possibly whimpering! Dare we slam down a pun and suggest that this move will prevent you becoming an alba–core!).
Let us know – were you able to do this rotating core move without propping up on your elbow or shoulder? What bad habits do you have when it comes to core workouts?
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oh FUNFITS.
I need this.
a lot.
my bad habit is when I feel great—I skip the core work.
bad bad misfit.
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Dear Ms. Fit and Fantastic. I think you are too hard on yourself as your abs seem quite hard in your pics! I do my core work mostly out of fear that gravity will win.
AlexandraFunFit recently posted..7 Reasons to Hire Us to Blog & Vlog for You
Nice video. Thanks
yea me I could do the rotating core move
Tara Burner recently posted..Weekly Update on Juice Fasting & Juice Recipes
Tara, yea is right. It’s actually a challenging move.
AlexandraFunFit recently posted..Brace for Good News About Bad Knees
Clearly, this won’t work for me. I don’t have that view from my deck.
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You burned it Burner Baby! Now try the core assessment move from the link (where you get to roll on the floor. So cleanly). That is a fun one!
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Ah haaa We want to add this to our list of “favorite excuses.” Not that we accept that excuse, but we do like it! Close your eyes and imagine a great view. With a cat and dog climbing on you before and after taping. And power tools running in the background that need careful timing to work around. Huh? huh?
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Here is a great article of some foods that can help you tighten up your stomach and will compliment the exercises you are already doing.
3 Veggies that FIGHT Abdominal Fat
http://tinyurl.com/7r5hdx7
Awesome! I’m always thrilled to find a core move I haven’t done before.
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Well, did you try it? I made my university students try it today and they were making pitiful sounds.
Love this one! It’s actually much more difficult that you guys make it look! Definitely be teaching this one to my Boot Campers!
Thanks a bunch!
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Tamara, yesterday I gave this exercise to my UCSB students and they did NOT like it. They were actually making groaning sounds. And I suspect a number of them were holding their breath, as a collective sigh went out at the end.
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I have never seen this move. I’m scared. But I’ll try it.
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Well, Kerri, did you try it? Were you scared?
AlexandraFunFit recently posted..Seated Posture: Part 6 Sitting Pretty
OMG! This move doesn’t seem too complicated, but when I tried it….oh, well, time to start doing core exercises regularly for me!
Best,
Michael
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OK, I ‘almost’ managed to do it. Not propping every time, but about every couple of turns, lol
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Okay love this move and all your videos.
Your website makes me smile everytime I visit! 
Goodness knows i need a little work with my core since these twinsies of mine did a number on it. 
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dang girl look at your balance! love the video
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positive vibes is what i am getting which is good
I do too many crunching ab moves on the floor which are really bad for your back. There are other ways to do ab exercises without doing unnatural movements.
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