Fast Belly Blast: Crunch-Free Ab Exercises

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Fast Belly Blast: Crunch-Free Ab Exercises

Side-Bend Shoulder Press

What you'll need: a 5- to 8-pound dumbbell

Targets: Shoulders, abs, and obliques

-- Stand with feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, dumbbell in right hand by side, and bring left hand to touch back of head, elbow bent out to side.

-- Hinge at waist to side bend to right, reaching dumbbell along outside of right leg toward knee. (Do not allow torso to tip forward.)

-- Return to upright posture, raising dumbbell to right shoulder and then pressing it overhead, palm facing left.

-- Lower dumbbell to shoulder; return to start.

-- Do 30 reps. Switch sides and repeat. Do 3 sets.

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-- Bend and lift right knee to hip level as you drive elbows down by sides to lower dumbbells to right knee, squeezing abs.

Return to start.

Do 15 reps. Switch sides and repeat. Do 3 sets.