Tuesday's Trunk and Core -- Crunchless Core work + Atomic Crunch & Mountain Climber Challenge

Challenges are like mini fitness tests.  They are a great way to see where you are in your fitness and they also make a great starting point for you to make improvements from.

Today I'm going to start you off with a couple of challenges from POPSUGAR Fitness.  The first one is a 1 minute mountain climber challenge.  This will burn some calories and get your body warm.  I'd suggest you do a short warm up first--some high knees or jumping jacks and some arm swings.

The second one is a 1 minute core challenge. Make sure that you don't yank your body up or let your body drop down.  If you need to keep your feet on the floor to come up and then lift them, go ahead and do that.

Keep track of how you did in these challenges and then repeat them again in a couple of weeks to see if you can beat that original number.

The second video also comes from Popsugar.  It is a 10 minute crunch free core routine.

Make sure to give the abs and back a good stretch after this routine.