10-minute at home fat-burning ab workout for a flat stomach

Have around 10 minutes and want a flat stomach? Do this fat-burning at home ab workout to tone your core and reduce belly fat. Stay consistent, record your time and clean up your diet – you’ll see results in about 2 weeks.

Our entire teenage life we have been obsessed with abs. We never had them, we were just obsessed.

Some people have more fat on their thighs, we're more of the type that stores fat in our midsection and breasts (well, seems like you can have it ALL).

This did bother us when we were younger, but now that we're older and wiser, we know we can dress for success, so we couldn’t care less.

HOWEVER…belly fat doesn’t look pretty and too much of it can lead to insulin resistance, heart disease and many other unhealthy things we don’t want to experience. So yes, we are now focusing on reducing belly fat.

How To Burn Belly Fat

Now that we're older and a bit wiser we know doing 200 sit-ups every day, which was our workout plan when we were 15, won’t help us get rid of belly fat.

Sure they’ll target our abdominal muscles, but the fat on top of them? It will stay there to cover and comfort those abs like a fluffy blanket. Not Michael Jackson’s son, an actual blanket.

Burning belly fat isn’t simple, but it is possible with a clean diet (which we think many of us struggle with!) and by incorporating either high-intensity interval training or low-intensity cardio activities like walking into our routines. These activities, combined with toning exercises help melt the fat away.

Honestly, we have never been successful at being lean – mostly because of our diet and because it has never been a goal of ours – we freak out once our boobs start getting smaller from fat loss, so we stop myself there and we never reduce our calories too much. However, we have been able to flatten our belly by eating healthy and combining fat-burning and toning exercises. And quickly at that. It doesn’t need to be months – usually it has taken us about two weeks of consistent work to see results.

The Importance Of A Strong Core

The other thing we never thought about when we were younger was our core, not just the abs. The core as a whole.

We had never heard of a plank and we never thought about how important having a strong core is. It’s essential for a beautiful, confident posture and some people suggest even for your willpower.

Just try it! When you perform anything in your daily life with your core tightened you feel stronger, you will burn more calories and believe it or not, when you’re sitting at your computer it can even make you more productive and alert than when you’re slouching.

The Belly Fat Burning Workout

Now this ab workout will help you do both – tone abdominal muscles and burn belly fat. It’s a mix of HIIT & strength training.

DISCLAIMER: Please consult with your doctor, before starting this or any other exercise regimen!

Instructions:

• do three rounds of the four exercises
• perform them back to back, with no rest in between
• take a break between sets
• count reps, time yourself and record your result. This will motivate you when you do the workout next time and will help you push a bit harder, because you’ll want to beat your own score
• this is a HIIT workout, so doing it 2-3 times a week should be more than enough.
• On the other days, you can do workouts for other muscle groups, or rest and go for walks, do yoga or stretching if desired!

This ab workout is great for beginners and you can do it anywhere – at home, at the gym, in the park, in the office – wherever, whenever.

We did this ab routine twice last week and we felt it. Even more the next day, so make sure you stretch as well. Now let’s get to the exercises.

The Exercises

A little thank you note: Thank you to the trainers who provided these videos on Youtube and explained the exercises so well.

15 Burpees

Burpee is demonstrated by Fitness Blender. If you have never tried burpees, don’t feel intimidated. Burpees are hard, but they’re doable and effective. And will make you feel like you accomplished something awesome. At least that’s how we felt the first time. We did the modification without push up as shown in the video.

30x Bicycles

Bicycles are demonstrated by Howcast. Do thirty of these, this means 15 on each side.

30 Plank Jacks

Plank jacks demonstrated by Fitness Blender. Again no need to feel intimidated – plank jacks are effective and challenging, but you can do it!

30 Plank Hip Dips

Plank hip dips demonstrated by Health Magazine. This exercise is excellent for the core and your obliques! If you can’t twist your hips as low to the side – no need to, just make sure you’re keeping your core strong and doing a rainbow-like move with your hips. That’s 30/ round.

Share Your Results

The first time we did this workout it took us 11:33 min, the second time 10:50. So we guess we've gotten better, but the second time we were also trying to beat our time from before, so we had extra motivation!

After you do this workout, share your results, we'd love to know how long this takes for you! Also if you enjoyed it, please share it with your friends!