Mix and match any (or all) of our fun firmers to make your middle little in no time.
Your trainer Lisa Wheeler, national creative manager of group fitness for Equinox in New York City, designed these moves.
You'll need A hand towel and a 5- to 8-pound weight
The plan Take five minutes (even two minutes here, three there) most days to perform your fave combo of the chiselers. Try one set of 8 reps of all 10 moves, or pick a few and do two sets of 12 reps.
Trimming Tap
works abs, obliques, shoulders, butt, thighs
Start in side plank, left palm on floor, right arm extended to ceiling, hips lifted, feet stacked. Hold plank as you tap right foot in front of left, then behind, for 1 rep. Do reps. Switch sides; repeat.
Perfect Pike
works abs, shoulders, butt, thighs
Start in plank with a folded towel under toes. Engage abs as you lift hips and slide feet toward hands, keeping legs straight, so body forms an inverted V. Return to start for 1 rep. Repeat.
Sizzling Swing
works abs, shoulders, triceps
Start in reverse plank: wrists under shoulders, fingers forward, legs extended. Drop hips and swing them back between arms, sliding heels and keeping legs straight. Return to start for 1 rep. Repeat.
Whittling Walk
works abs, shoulders, biceps
Start in plank, then bend elbows to bring forearms to floor; move right hand to left elbow and left hand to right elbow. Lift right arm over left, placing it in front of left on floor, as you walk toes 1 step forward. Repeat with left arm, then reverse move to return to start, for 1 rep. Repeat.
Get-Lean Lift
works abs, shoulders, butt, legs
Start in plank, then lift hips, coming into Downward Dog, as you raise left leg to ceiling and bend left knee behind you, foot flexed. Return to plank. Switch sides to complete 1 rep. Repeat.
Sculpting Sweep
works abs, obliques, shoulders, biceps
Start in plank with a folded towel under toes. Engage abs as you slide knees toward outside of right elbow, then slide feet back to plank. Switch sides to complete 1 rep. Repeat.