{"id":17688,"date":"2017-06-03T05:05:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T12:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/?p=17688"},"modified":"2025-05-28T13:38:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:38:11","slug":"this-isnt-your-average-ab-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/this-isnt-your-average-ab-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"This Isn&#039;t Your Average Ab Workout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The abs can be one of the hardest areas to attack, and most ab routines become pretty monotonous. Try out these duel movement exercises to really engage the core. You\u2019ll also be working other major muscle groups simultaneously, giving you more bang for your buck!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15477\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg\" alt=\"blog-divider-line\" width=\"620\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg 620w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line-300x29.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Dumbbell Good Morning to Front Squat<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Hold a dumbbell in front of your chest and bend at the hips.<br \/>\n\u2022 Hold for 2 seconds then return and immediately squat and hold for 2 more seconds.<br \/>\n\u2022 Return to standing.<br \/>\n\u2022 Repeat for 20 reps.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15477\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg\" alt=\"blog-divider-line\" width=\"620\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg 620w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line-300x29.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Dumbbell Glute Bridge with Floor Press<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 With knees bent and feet flat, drive through the eels to raise the hips and press weights up toward the ceiling.<br \/>\n\u2022 Hold for 2 seconds and return to starting position.<br \/>\n\u2022 Repeat for 20 reps.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15477\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg\" alt=\"blog-divider-line\" width=\"620\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg 620w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line-300x29.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Dumbbell Row to Clean<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Bend at the hips and let weights hang at your side.<br \/>\n\u2022 Row dumbbells back and hold for 2 seconds.<br \/>\n\u2022 Lower and stand upright and clean the dumbbells.<br \/>\n\u2022 Repeat for 20reps.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15477\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg\" alt=\"blog-divider-line\" width=\"620\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg 620w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line-300x29.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Forward Hinge to Lunge<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Hold a dumbbell in your right hand, step forward with your right leg and the lower the weight (do not place on ground).<br \/>\n\u2022 Stand up and step out to the left and lower the weight to your left foot (this time placing it on the ground).<br \/>\n\u2022 Repeat for 10 reps each side.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">by Samantha Coogan, MS, RDN, LD<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg\" alt=\"blog-divider-line\" width=\"620\" height=\"60\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line.jpg 620w, https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/blog-divider-line-300x29.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The abs can be one of the hardest areas to attack, and most ab routines become pretty monotonous. 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Dumbbell Good Morning to Front Squat \u2022 Hold a dumbbell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8],"tags":[1964],"class_list":["post-17688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-post","category-news","tag-ab-workout"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>This Isn&#039;t Your Average Ab Workout - The Dolce Diet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/landing-uat.thedolcediet.com\/blog\/this-isnt-your-average-ab-workout\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Isn&#039;t Your Average Ab Workout - The Dolce Diet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The abs can be one of the hardest areas to attack, and most ab routines become pretty monotonous. 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