Full Body Core Workout

Good morning, everyone!!!  I am so excited to launch the fitness portion of the blog with this post; and I am even more excited to start with a full body core workout!  For those of you that don’t know, I have been a personal trainer since college and used to be a fitness competitor, as well!  I won Model Universe in 2005; and then ventured into pageantry, where I had to lengthen my muscle and look a little more lean.  It wasn’t a requirement; but I noticed it was more of a common muscle type in pageantry at that time.  Therefore, my mission was to shed muscle before going to Miss USA!  I haven’t competed in pageantry in years; so, I recently decided to get a little more of my fitness body back so I have been kicking into high gear again with my workouts.

In this portion of the blog, I will give you all lots of options for workouts, whether you’re at home or go to a gym; and I will be sharing lots of my nutrition advice as well!  I could honestly go on for days writing a novel on this topic; so I will give you guys bits and pieces at a time so it’s not overwhelming!

I’ll be honest, the hardest thing about exercising and/or getting on a fitness program is to start doing it.  Once you start to do it regularly, the hardest thing is to stop.

Don’t work hard because you hate your body, work hard because you love your body!

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To start, I wanted to share a full body workout that you can do at home, on-the-go while traveling, or even at a gym if you just want something different.  In doing this workout, you will do the exercises below back to back continuously for 10 minutes.  Then, take a 30 second break.  Repeat the 10 minutes.  Take another 30 second break.  Then, repeat the 10 minutes one final time.  Bam, you just completed a 30 minute before you know it!  Remember to drink water on your 30 second breaks!

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In the video below, I gave examples of each exercise; so go ahead and get a good idea of each one before starting.  I also added little notes for each one below to get picky on form!  If you can’t tell, form is very important because if you aren’t doing the exercises correctly, they will not be as affective.  Once you have the form down, start your timers and get to it!

 10 Core Walkouts

Start with your knees bent and keep your core tight throughout this motion.  In push up form, keep your body in a straight line and only use your arms.

15 Straight Leg Crunches

Try to keep your back as straight as possible on the way up.  You can bend forward to touch your toes if need be; but on the way up, keep that core tight.  Also, you can use your arms for a little boost if you’re new to these.  I did it in the video for an example.

30 sec Plank

When in plank position, make sure your body doesn’t get lazy.  With that said, if you feel like you are losing form, cough!  I know it sounds crazy; but when you cough it tightens your body and core in the exact form that you should be in for your plank.  Try it 😉

50 Ab Bikes

Make sure you don’t pull on your neck for these.  Support your neck, but don’t pull forward.  Let your abs do the work!

10 Burpees

Make sure these are one continuous combination.  Habitually, people stop in between; but make sure to continue through the whole exercise.  See video for example.

15 Supermans

In this exercise, make sure that you do not rest your arms legs on the downward motion.  Right before they would hit the ground, motion back up.  Don’t let the body rest until the end.

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I hope this gave you all some fitness motivation; and if you want specific workouts, feel free to contact me with your requests!  Stay tuned for more!

XOXO,

Michelle West