If you have 8 minutes, you have plenty of time to do these 8-Minute Home Abs with me, which requires only a pair of dumbbells and some floor space. Often times when people do ab workouts, they forget to incorporate some of these amazing ab exercise principles that make their gym routines more effective. In the case of ab workouts, they forget to include weights. Weighted ab exercises are one of the best options for building strength in your core and how it looks, especially when you are short on time. It is not recommended to continue doing exercises with high reps when you have the ability to overload the exercise with a pair of dumbbells and create more overload on the rectus and oblique muscles in the process. Remember, adaptation to physical stress is how muscles develop to become stronger and more resilient. You want to have a strong core for more than just aesthetic reasons. Having a strong core is important for stability in your spine and for maintaining proper form when attempting heavier compound lifts in your workouts. There are no shortcuts to the benefits you can get from having a strong core, and this do-with-me routine will help you do just that. Here’s what you’ll do: Set a timer for 8 minutes. Perform the first three ab exercises for one minute each. Try to continue cranking out reps for the full minute, though, if necessary, you can stop and rest briefly with the goal of getting back into the exercise as quickly as you can. The weight you use will be determined by how you want to scale this routine, depending on whether you’re a beginner or more advanced. The first exercise is called the dumbbell windshield wiper. This ab exercise is designed to work the lower abdomen because it starts the movement from the bottom up. The idea is to simultaneously flex your pelvis off the floor while rotating it. The twist will activate your obliques through the bottom-up rotation and help work both muscle groups at once. Drive your knees toward the right dumbbell and then toward the left as you rotate your knees in the opposite direction. Perform this amazing lower ab exercise for one minute without stopping if possible. After a short 3 second break to simply transition into the next exercise, you are going to grab the dumbbells as if you were going to do a bench press on the floor. From here, perform an exercise called the power-up. This movement will work the upper and medial rectus abdominis more effectively and will allow you to use more power and strength than the first exercise. Perform this for one minute as well, resting only if necessary making sure the rest is short. After another short 3 second break, move on to the next exercise called the seated dumbbell curl. This exercise is a great oblique move. It forces the obliques to control the momentum generated by rotating the dumbbells from one direction to another. The farther out to the sides you hold the dumbbells, the more momentum there will be and the more your obliques and abs will work as they have to control the weights more. Try this for one minute as well. Finally, it’s time to challenge your core through a postural exercise that’s guaranteed to exhaust you at this point. The idea here is to simply raise the weights overhead and sit up as tall as you can, holding that position extended through the lumbar spine without collapsing into your ribcage. See if you can last the full 30 seconds without breaking the posture. It’s challenging, but you can do it. Rest for the final 30 seconds and you’ve completed the first of your two rounds of this brutal 8-minute ab workout at home. If you’re up for it, try completing one more round of this torture to really work those cores. Here’s how it looks broken down: Dumbbell Windshield Wipers x 1 minute Dumbbell Power-ups x 1 minute Seated Dumbbell Twist x 1 minute Seated Dumbbell Overhead Hold x 1 minute Rest for 30 seconds and repeat another round if you’re able to do it. If you're looking for a complete abdominal training program that takes your entire abs (including your lower back, upper rectus, obliques, serratus, and back) through a 12-week journey to a powerful, defined midsection, be sure to check out our Core4Abs program available at athleanx.com. Get Six Pack Abs in 90 Days - http://athleanx.com/core4 Subscribe to this channel here - /athleanx