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12 Minute Standing Abs Workout with Weights

October 5, 2018

Tone and tighten your stomach in no time with this awesome standing abs workout. Complete core strengthening in only 12 minutes and you never have to get on the floor. Beginner as well as advanced ab exercises demonstrated – grab your dumbbell and let’s get to work.

12-Minute Standing Abs Workout

Standing dumbbell crunch
Rotating dumbbell crunch
Rotating curtsy lunge
Standing oblique side bend
Plie squat and twist
Curtsy overhead bends
Wood chops
Plie side bend crunch

Keep reading below for video, pictures, and descriptions of each of these exercises.

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Looking for a great way to intensify your ab workouts and take your core to the next level? There are two sure-fire ways to do it…

Try some new exercises and add weight!

All-too-often we think “ab workouts” need to entail a million sit ups and crunches to yield toned and fit results. Not true!

I encourage clients and patients all the time to get up off the floor and try something new. It’s actually a more functional way to train your core, can be easier on your back and neck, and yield amazing results.

Today I’m sharing with you eight of my favorite standing abs exercises compiled in one awesome core workout you can do right from home.

All you need for this workout is one dumbbell (or any type of resistance – even a big water bottle would do!) and you will be feeling this in no time!

No weights at home or weights too difficult? No problem – just do it without the weight. I’ve got beginner as well as advanced versions of each exercise demonstrated in the video below.

Bonus: NO CRUNCHES REQUIRED! You will be standing the entire workout!

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As a doctor of physical therapy, the most common condition that I treat in my clinic is low back pain.

While this is a widespread problem that can come from many different sources, one of the most common causes that I see comes from our posture.

Oftentimes if you have a desk job or spend much of your day sitting you can start to develop this “anterior pelvic tilt” or “sway back” posture. That’s where your hips tuck forward creating a larger-than-normal arch in your lower back.

This can be a source of tightness, discomfort, and eventually even pain.

Today on Tone and Tighten we’re talking all about this low-back posture… specifically what it is, why you get it, and (most importantly) 4 simple exercises you can do to start to solve this issue today!…

The Best Core Exercises For Strength

March 7, 2018

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As a doctor of physical therapy, I see a lot of patients in my clinic for a lot of different reasons.

Sure I see my fair share of sprains and strains and bumps and bruises, but by far the most common condition I treat is low back pain.

It’s estimated that 80% of us will experience some episode of low back pain in our lives. Think of it – that’s 4 out of every 5 people!

Keeping a strong core is crucial not only to performance enhancement and activity, but overall function as well. In fact – many of my patients with back pain would likely not even have their pain if they kept their core strong and healthy.

That being said, today I wanted to share with you the 5 core exercises that I recommend more than any others. These are exercises you can do everyday to strengthen your core, feel healthier, and even mitigate some pain.

New video instruction included – let’s try it out!…