Have a few minutes? Get in a quick abdominal set, no mat required. Here are four exercises you can do circuit-style.1. Plank oblique crunch. Get on your toes and hands, arms straight beneath your shoulders. Your body should be long like a board. Tuck your abs in tight, keeping your butt from lifting up or sagging down. Now pull your left knee toward your right armpit. Return to starting position and repeat action with the other side, pulling right knee toward left armpit. Continue alternating for 20 reps.
2. Lower ab crunch. Sit on a chair and wrap your hands around the seat edge. Keep your knees bent and pull them up toward your chest into a tight abdominal contraction. Lower and repeat for 20 reps.
3. Standing side crunch. Stand on your right foot. Extend your left arm overhead and extend your left leg out until your left toe barely touches the floor. Now pull your left shoulder/elbow down while lifting your left hip/knee. Extend arm and leg back to starting position. Continue crunching the side for 20 reps. Repeat on the other side.
4. Standing crossover crunch. Stand on your right foot. Extend your right arm and left leg. Pull your right shoulder/elbow toward your left knee/hip. You’ll contract your abs on a diagonal line. Extend arm and leg back to starting position. Continue crunching diagonally across the middle for 20 reps. Repeat with the other side.
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