Crush Your Core Strength Goals With This Quick And Effective Dumbbell Workout

Posted by author February 3, 2025 Fitness

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Flex to the finish line with this 20-minute core workout, the last part of the Women’s Health+ Ultimate Abs Challenge. Today, you’ll do dumbbell flexion exercises, which power functional movements like bending over while also sculpting your rectus abdominis muscles.

The Workout

Time: 17 minutes

Equipment: 1 light dumbbell and a yoga mat

Instructions: After the warmup, perform the four exercises for 30 seconds each to complete one set. Rest for 30 seconds between each set. Repeat for a total of four sets.

Exercises At A Glance:

Deadbug (30-second warmup)
Situp to overhead press
Weighted crunch
Weighted leg raise
Weighted overhead raise

Muscles worked: Rectus abdominis and shoulders

You’ve completed the Women’s Health+ Ultimate Abs Challenge—awesome job! Keep these workouts in your weekly rotation, and you’re sure to keep getting stronger.

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Addison Aloian is the associate health & fitness editor at Women’s Health, where she writes and edits across the health, weight loss, and fitness verticals. She’s also a certified personal trainer through the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM). In her free time, you can find her lifting weights at the gym, running on the West Side Highway in New York City—she recently completed her first half-marathon—and watching (and critiquing!) the latest movies that have garnered Oscars buzz. In addition to Women’s Health, her work has also appeared in Allure, StyleCaster, L’Officiel USA, V Magazine, VMAN, and more.