Video:How to Do a Kickboxing Workout for Abs

Transcript:How to Do a Kickboxing Workout for Abs

Hello. I'm Carol Glasgow again here at World Martial Arts Center (happykicks.com) in Brooklyn. Today I'm going to demonstrate a workout for your core, your abs, and also as well for your glutes, and for your butt.

Instructions for a Kickboxing Workout for Abs

This is called my fighting stance. It's not a straight line, it's a diagonal and my knees are just slightly bent. Note the distance between my feet, again, a tad larger than shoulder width apart for balance. So again, I come kick, then come back to my stance—I always come back to my fighting stance. When I switch, again I'm in my fighting stance, distance, slightly bent, and hands up of course. Kick, come back to your stance. Kick, you're always in your fighting stance. What we're going to do, I roll back here, my hands are up: one, two , three, four, and back up. Roll back again: one, two, three, four. Roll back up, one, two, three, four. And back up.

More Instructions for a Kickboxing Workout for Abs

The second one we're going to do is turn: one, two, three, four, and back up. Turn: one, two, three, four, and back up. Turn: one, two, three, four, turn. Last one: one, two, three, four, and back up. For those starting off training, I would recommend doing four sets of four. So four sets of these, four sets of these, and four sets of these. As you get stronger, I would increase it up to say six and then of course ten, that way again: cardio, abs, glutes, and your butt.

Additional Kickboxing Workouts for Abs

The next one I'm going to do is all for your core, your abs. So what we do here, these are called "hurricanes." So you scoot all of your abs. So, four to your right and four to your left. Those again, doing the cardio, definitely working your abs and your core, which as we know, is very important.So now, we're going to incorporate the upper body along with the glutes and our butt. So from here, I drop, kick, two punches. Drop, kick, two punches. Drop, kick, two punches. So now you're incorporating upper body, lower body, cardio as well. As you see, I'm a tad out of breath, so I'm working everything here.

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