Standing Abs Workout for Beginners

This 15-Minute Standing Abs Workout for Beginners is a great way to work your core without having to get on the floor. These exercises for beginners and seniors over 50 will help improve muscle strength, balance, posture, and overall quality of life. These exercises play an important role in supporting daily movements and can help prevent falls by stabilizing your body.



These standing abs exercises for beginners can be performed in small spaces and without the need for equipment, and can be adapted to increase the challenge by using weights like dumbbells, water bottles, or cans. You may want to be near a countertop, table, or sturdy chair if you need support. These exercises can effectively work your entire core, including your abs and obliques.


Estimated calorie burn for: 

πŸ”₯ 120 lb (54.4 kg): 36 calories 

πŸ”₯ 200 lb (90.7 kg) person: 64 calories 


Everyone's resting metabolic rate differs slightly β€” some people of the same weight naturally burn more or fewer calories, depending on a number of factors, and these differences can be significant. This calculation doesn't take into account differences caused by body mass, body fat, age, sex, efficiency of movement, and conditions ve an impact on the energy required for an activity.


Can you lower belly fat with core exercises like this Standing Abs Workout? This is a myth. 


Your body gains and loses weight where it wants to. Everyone is different and hormones and menopause can affect this as well. Losing pounds at your waist and overall occurs when you decrease calories through a healthy diet and burn calories with exercise. 


What’s the best exercise to blast belly fat? High intensity interval training (HIIT) can burn more belly fat than steady state exercise. Find our HIIT workouts here! 


But this Standing Abs Workout and our other Core Workouts can help strengthen your core and define your muscles so they pop when you shed pounds. Also, more muscle can make daily life easier and burns more calories than fat. Increasing muscle in your core provides this benefit AND will make your moving around easier. 


This workout for seniors over 60 features 10 exercises:


  1. Pulldowns

  2. Press Outs

  3. Hinge with Knee Touch

  4. Grabs

  5. Knee Up with Twist

  6. Side Bends

  7. Rainbow Circles

  8. Rows

  9. Leg Lifts

  10. Cat Cow


Want more ways to strengthen your core? Try these workouts: 

How to Engage Your Core

5 Minute Core Workout

10-Minute Seated Core Workout

7-Minute Intermediate Core Floor Exercises

How to Plank

10-Minute Core Floor Exercises- All Levels


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