Workout for Couples: 6 Exercises for Great Abs

13th February 2018

Exercise improves your fitness, makes you stronger and lifts your mood, by releasing happiness hormones, called endorphins. With this in mind, try this couples workout for strength with focus on core muscles.

After all, what’s better than a hot workout with your loved one? Sweating and laughing, while working on your abdominal muscles.

 

COUPLES WORKOUT FOR CORE STABILITY AND STRENGTH

EXERCISE

SERIES

REPS

1. Sit-ups with ball 2 20
2. Push-ups with high-five 2 10
3. The boat with circles 2 10
4. Side lunge with ball transfer 2 10
5. Plank with push-up 2 10
6. Plank 1 Max

 

1. SIT-UPS WITH BALL

Do a sit-up and give or throw the ball to your partner. You can choose if you both want to continuously perform sit-ups without stopping or if you want to rest while your partner is doing his or her sit-up.

Sit-up with medball

Sit-up with medball

2. PUSH-UPS WITH HIGH-FIVE

After each push up, lift your arm and give each other a high-five on each hand.

Push-up with high-five

Push-up with high-five

Push-up with high-five

3. THE BOAT WITH CIRCLES

Sit in the boat position facing each other and make half-circles with your legs – from right to left and left to the right.

Boat with circles

Boat with circles

4. SIDE LUNGE WITH BALL TRANSFER

Perform a lunge to both sides and then give the ball to your partner. While your partner is doing the lunges, you wait in a static position to receive the ball back.

Side lunge with ball transfer

Side lunge with ball transfer

5. PLANK WITH PUSH-UP

Start with a plank position with straight arms. Do a push up. Get down to the plank position on your elbows and return back to the plank position with straight arms.

Plank with push-up

Plank with push-up

6. PLANK

Finish your workout with a flat stomach challenge. See who can hold the plank position longer!

Plank

By Maria Martinsen, Personal Trainer.

 

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