Tuesday's Trunk & Core -- Core and Upper Body Strength

Yes, I missed another Monday post.  Monday's are really busy for me, so I decided to make Monday about Motivation.  I will post something motivational to start your week, along with the usual weekly challenge that I usually post directly to Facebook.

Since I post the Wild Workout on Wednesday, and Total Body on Thursday--you will get plenty of muscle work posts for the week.

Don't let this be an excuse for you to skip your workout on Mondays--there are plenty of past posts and videos on YouTube to choose from.

Enough about Monday, today is Tuesday, so that means core work.  Today's video comes from FitnessBlender and includes upper body strength training as well.

It is about 28 minutes long and consists of 3 groups of 3 exercises that are performed for 45 seconds with 15 seconds rest in between.  Each group is repeated twice.

You will need dumbbells, a bench, table, chair or step and a mat or carpeted area.

A warm up and cool down/stretch are both included.

From the website:

What if some of these exercises are too advanced for me?
These exercises are easily modified in order to be more beginner friendly. For example, if the full staggered hand push up is too hard, you can do the same push up from your knees. If a pike push up is too hard for you at this point, switch it out for a simple overhead press with dumbbells. Move as slowly as you need to (you can do fewer reps than Daniel does in the video), and only lift as heavy of a weight that you can control through the entire range of the exercise.