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Burpees

Start in a push up position, lower into a push up.  As you come up, jump your feet forward, keeping hands on the ground.  Spring up into a standing position.  Finish with a jump with hands overhead.  Repeat by dropping back down into a crouching position and kicking your legs out to the rear into a push up position.

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Toe Touch Crunches

Lie on your back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor.  Raise your legs up with feet flexed.  Reach your hands up and touch your toes.  Slowly lower your shoulders back to the floor, keeping your legs raised.  Repeat. Before performing any abdominal exercises, make sure to check your abdominal muscles for separation – How to check for Diastasis

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Side Plank with Modification

Lie on your left side with feet extended, right foot stacked on top of the left.  Bend your left elbow and place it directly beneath your left shoulder.  Engaging abdominal muscles, lift your hips and knees off the mat.  Hold as long as possible, then gently lower.  Switch and repeat on opposite side.  Modified version: bend lower knee.

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Bicycle Crunches

Lie on your back with knees bent and feet on the ground and hands behind your head. Engage your abdominal muscles and slowly lift your feet off the ground until your knees are bent at 90 degrees. Contract your abs as you raise your head and shoulders off the ground. Bring your left elbow toward your right knee while at the same time extending your left leg. Squeeze. Slowly bring…

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Reverse Crunches

Lie on your back with knees bent, and extend arms down your sides with fingers pointing toward your toes.  Gently exhale and stabilize your core muscles.  Cross your legs at the ankles and slowly bring your legs back and up “crunching” your abdominal muscles.  Inhale and slowly lower legs to starting position.  Repeat. Before performing any abdominal exercises, make sure to check your abdominal muscles for separation – How to check…

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Single Leg Balance with Leg Extension

Stand on your right foot with your left food an inch or so off the ground.  With hands on hips and bellybutton tight, extend your leg to the rear, back to the middle, to the left, back to the middle and to the front.  Return to starting position and repeat.  Do 15 repetitions and then switch to the opposite leg.  Focus on challenging yourself to keep your balance throughout the…

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Push-Up with Rotation

Perform a push up.  At the top of the push up, rotate your body into a side plank position with one hand on the other ground and the other hand pointed up toward the sky.  Slowly rotate back to push up position and perform another push up.  At the top of the next push up, rotate to the other side.  Make sure your hip doesn’t dip!

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