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The best suspension-trainer workout for your abs

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The best suspension-trainer workout for your abs
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The best suspension-trainer workout for your abs
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For most of us, traveling and time constraints don’t end with the holiday season. Work and family commitments are a year-round obstacle to getting in great workouts. Thankfully, we have a workout solution for when you can’t go to the gym—a suspension trainer.

The following routine—an abs workout done with only a suspension trainer—is an ideal go-anywhere workout with minimal equipment. Take it on the road with you and you’ll have no excuse for not boasting lean, hard abs any time of year.

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How it works

Exercising on a suspension trainer is like working out in an earthquake.Your core has to be engaged at all times to allow you to perform even the simplest movements—like tracing circles with your hands—without falling. You can even simulate a sprint on the trainer, which increases your heart rate and the amount of fat being burned while forcing your core to hold you in place despite the movement of your legs.

Directions

Perform the paired exercises (marked A and B) as supersets. So, you’ll do one set each of A and B before resting. Complete all the prescribed sets for the pair before moving on. Do the sprinter exercise as conventional straight sets.

For more suspension trainer/TRX workouts:

Check out the five toughest TRX exercises for a full-body workout, the 10 best TRX exercises for men, and the mass-multiplying workout to attack your arms from every angle.

For a complete archive of our daily quick-hit routines, go to mensfitness.com/todaysworkout.

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The best suspension-trainer workout for your abs

Exercise
Equipment
Sets
Reps
Rest
Exercise 1 of 3

Circle

Equipment
No Equipment
Sets
2
Reps
10 (each direction)
Rest
0 sec.
Exercise 2 of 3

Pike-Up

Equipment
Sets
2
Reps
10
Rest
60 sec.
Exercise 3 of 3

Suspension Trainer Sprinter

Equipment
Sets
4
Reps
60 sec., 45 sec., 30 sec., 15 sec.
Rest
As long as each set lasts
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