Abs On Fire Workout - complete workout card with exercises and reps
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DAREBEE Workout: What it Works
Focus: Abs
Type: Abs
Difficulty: level 3 of 5

Abs on Fire is a floor core workout built almost entirely around one position: legs off the ground, lower back pressed down, abs holding everything together. Knee-to-elbows, leg circles, leg raises and flutter kicks flow between two 10-count hollow holds - and because your feet rarely touch the floor, the burn accumulates instead of resetting.

The exercise order escalates deliberately. Knee-to-elbows open with rotation while your legs are fresh. Leg circles then force the deep core to stabilize against movement in every direction at once - the hardest thing you will do all session, placed early for a reason. The first hold locks in the fatigue, and the second half repeats the pattern with straight-leg work: raises for the hip flexors and lower abs, flutter kicks for endurance, and a final hold to empty whatever is left. The name is a promise of the workout's mechanism - sustained tension without relief is precisely what produces that deep abdominal burn.

The non-negotiable cue for everything here: keep your lower back in contact with the floor. If it arches during leg circles or flutter kicks, shrink the movement until it does not. Move your legs slowly and deliberately - speed is how people smuggle momentum into ab work. During the holds, reach long through your fingertips and toes rather than curling into a ball.

The fire is the workout working. Stay in it.

Make it Harder: Keep your shoulder blades off the floor for the entire set.

Make it Easier: Reduce the leg circles to half their diameter.

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Done it since November 2, 2017
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