My goal is to reduce my overall amount of body fat, and specifically to tone up my abs and waist. I want to work out 6 days a week, but it will probably be more like 4.
This is what I have planned:
5 minutes warm up
10 minutes abs/waist exercises (crunch, twists, etc)
20 minutes overall toning (ballet, belly dance, pilates, as the mood strikes me)
30 minutes cardio (bike, ski machine, stair running, aerobic dance, walking when weather gets nice, again as the mood strikes me)
I know running is better than walking, but I tore up my knees years ago, and the pain from running is not worth the benefits to me.
Do you think this will be effective? How can I make it better?
--And--
What are your best ab exercises?
All advise appreciated, of course!![]()



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), you start out on the stability ball, knees on the ball, hands on the floor (in push-up position) and then slowly bend your knees into your chest rolling on the ball. As you get more advanced, you roll the ball towards you, but you press your hips/butt into the air (jack knife style). I've also done back workouts with 2 balls. One under my hips, hands on floor (push up style) and one ball between my feet/ankles. You lower your feet to the floor and then slowly raise your feet to be level with your body and hold for 3 seconds and then slowly lower.


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