4 Amazing Abs Exercises

4 Amazing Abs Exercises Muscle and Fitness Hers

In my quest to continue in strength for the 2013 Season...
I am learning to incorporate core strength into my routine...
Here is a great video of 4 moves that really get some results...
I am adding these to my core circuit which includes planks, push ups, pull ups, dips
Leg raises on the roman chair, Back extensions and regular crunches with the ball.

This is an intense core work out, that I am starting on light day's. (A light day is a core work out, with light cardio.)

With a successful 3 week measurement session this morning I am encouraged with my diet and my progress. I have come to learn that it doesn't matter what you weigh... if you gain or lose, the real results are in the measurements, and in the new found strength and energy.

I have noticed my HIIT sessions are getting easier and my endurance is increasing. The speed increase on my last HIIT session was more than I could have ever dreamed in the past 3 years of training. Even at my fittest 3 years ago I never reached this speed and sustained it for 10+ reps.
I'm also finding my body craves the food's that it has been trained to eat in the past 2 months. Gone are the cravings for junk.
For those of you needing some diet inspiration this is what my day is starting to look like:

Breakfast: Protein Pancake
1/3 cup (uncooked 100% whole grain quick oats)
 4 large egg whites
Almond extract
cinnamon
splenda

The rest of the day I pack the following
2 Wraps made with mountain bread ( a flat organic wrap gluten and yeast free only 70 calories)
3-3.5 oz of chicken breast with 1.5 cups of greens and mustard and hot sauce. and sometimes a little bolthouse farms yogurt dressing
These are easy to eat on the run.
Salad: As many veggies as I can fit into the bowl. Usually 3 cups of greens and 2 cups of broccoli
Topped with 3-3.5 oz lean protein (Maybe even a 1/2 cup of cottage cheese instead)
1/2 Cup brown whole grain rice (not instant) and bolthouse farms yogurt dressing.

I will mix in white fish for wraps
and shrimp for a protein substitute
I treat myself to baked sweet potato slices 1-2 times a week.  These satisfy the craving for anything naughty like fries.

For treats I allow myself rice cakes and peanut butter.

I'm maxing out at approx 1650 calories per day.
My cheat calories of 600 per week (Included in the 1650 per day)
Are little things like fat free sugar free puddings, a small glass of red wine.
I have learned not to beat myself up if I fall off the wagon... This is a lifestyle not a prison sentence...
and the last time I checked life was meant to be fun!!!

I may not be your poster child for chiseled ab's... or the faster runner at the event...
But I am making progress with my own body and my own endurance...
And that is all a girl can ask for!