Having shredded abs has always been seen as a symbol of high-level fitness.
You can bet that getting a six-pack is on most gym-goers to-do list.
This list of Crossfit ab workouts will give you the challenge you need to strengthen your core and thus improve your overall gym performance. A strong midline is much more than just an aesthetic achievement.
It seems like decades of bodybuilding popularity put so much emphasis on looks and glorifying certain muscle groups like pumped biceps, perky glutes, and, of course, abs that you can shred carrots on that these attributes almost became an obsession for a lot of people.
Not that there’s anything wrong with having aesthetic goals, but it was certainly very refreshing when Crossfit came into play and shifted the focus from looks to performance.
Crossfit, as a training methodology, aims to broaden your skills, improve your strength, endurance, mobility, and agility.
The majority of movements that you’ll see on a Crossfit programming list are what we’d call “functional movements”.
This means that they are 1) mostly compound movements and 2) movements that build skills transferable to your everyday life.
Movements like front squats, overhead squats/lunges, power cleans, kettlebell swings, etc., might not strike you as ab exercises per se, but they do, in fact, among everything else, strengthen your midline and improve core stabilization.
Knowing this, we can easily say that most Crossfit workouts will work your midline anyway, but I’ve taken it upon myself to conduct this list of Crossfit ab workouts that target the core specifically.
I guarantee you, you’ll feel the burn!
And lastly, if you wish to compose your own ab burnout workout, you should check out these 10 core exercises that are leaps and bounds better than your regular sit-ups.
Ab Workout #1
30 GHD Sit-ups
Double Kettlebell Front Rack Carry, 70 lbs, 30m/100ft
20 GHD Sit-ups
Double Kettlebell Front Rack Carry, 70 lbs, 30m/100ft
10 GHD Sit-ups
Double Kettlebell Front Rack Carry, 70 lbs, 30m/100ft
Crossfit Ab Workout #2
Every 1 min for 12 mins, alternating between:
15 GHD Sit-ups
15 Kettlebell Swings, 70 lbs
Crossfit Ab workout #3
3 rounds for time of:
30 Hollow Rocks
7 Wall Walks
Ab workout #4
For quality:
50 Rower Walk-Outs
50 Rower Pikes
(To see how to perform these movements check this list of ab exercises)
Ab workout #5
For quality:
Hanging L-sit – 2 minutes
Every time you break:
20 seconds Handstand hold
Ab workout #6
3 Rounds for quality:
Farmers carry, 30m/100ft – pick a challenging weight
Double Kettlebell Front Rack Carry, 30m/100ft
Double Kettlebell Overhead Carry, 30m/100ft
Ab workout #7
3 Rounds for time:
30 V-ups
30 Kettlebell swings
30 Burpees
Ab workout #8
For time:
30 Plank-to-squats
50 V-ups
20 Plank-to-squats
40 V-ups
10 Plank-to-squats
30 V-ups
Ab workout #9
9 mins AMRAP:
18 Alternating Wall Planks
12 Alternating V-ups (Left hand to Right Foot and vice versa)
30 Toes Taps
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