This gives your core a 360-degree workout that youll feel everywhere.
And training these muscles is super important, both in everyday life and during your workouts.
After all, the main function of your core is to protect your spine.
Katie Thompson
If youre not lying on the ground, connecting to your breath is the easiest way toengage your core.
Essentially, youre contracting the muscles in your core as you exhale.
In this HIIT core workout created by Jamison, youll be utilizing smaller moves for a big burn.
And because its HIIT-based, be ready to work hard with max efforts interspersed between your rest intervals.
Jamison loves doinglow lunge twistsshe calls them the worlds greatest stretch"to dynamically warm up your whole body.
To do this, reach down toward your toes and walk your hands out to a high plank.
Then do the other side.
Ready to hit the mat?
Heres what youll need for this short and sweet HIIT core workout.
The Workout
What youll need:Anexercise matfor extra cushioning.
Flutter Kick
To make this move easier, bend your knees.
The more you bend your knees, the less pressure youll feel on your core.
To make this move easier, do the forearm plank from your knees, says Jamison.
Reverse Crunch
This exercise works your abs through movement during the crunch.
Dont let momentum take over; really keep your core engaged.
Russian Twist
You’ll be working your abs by rotating through the transverse plane with this move.
