I’ve always been a bit of a heart breaker…ask my past few ex’s. Of course, at the same time, I’ve also been a big crybaby myself and gotten my heart broken. But this isn’t about breakin’ hearts. It’s about making grown men cry.
Now a couple weeks ago, you’ll remember that I got my Abs Instructor Certification. Go me! Until last night, I still had yet to teach a class. I walked in at 6:59 (on time? Go me!) and heard…
“Make her do the 7…”
“Heidi you can do the 7 right?”
I looked at my coworkers quizzically…
“so [Manager] wants you to teach an abs class tonight.”
Jigga what?!
I had just walked in the door, I had forgotten my routine. I convinced my coworkers to let me do the 7:30 class so that I had some time to get my act together.
So 7:30 rolls around and I have a nice class the size of…four. A dude and two layyyddiiieezzz.
I introduced myself, told them it was a 15 minutes abs class and got right down to bi’ness.
“We’re going to start with a basic crunch…” I show them, correct them (don’t pull your neck…crunch your abs keep your neck straight. DON’T FORGET TO BREATHE!!)
2 minutes….
“Ok next, we’re going to work our obliques with some bicycles” - I had to modify it for one lady but she did good with the modification. Touch your left elbow to the right knee making sure to twist so you get the full effects and vice versa.
Five minutes by this time….
Next, we did some cherry pickers, legs up in the air, reaching up and to the side to again, work the obliques. Again one woman needed the modification so i told her to keep her knees bent and to just reach to the side.
2 minutes of that.
Next, get your leg lift on! Feet together, bringing your legs up, and down to about 4″ off the floor and back up again.
After two minutes I made them hold it. For a whole minute (trust me it’s painful) - ten minutes! Only five left to go!
Next, we did some scissor kicks - similar to the leg lifts but kicking your feet up and alternating legs. 2 minutes…then hold for a minute.
We then rolled over to a plank, which is getting into push up formation, resting on your forearms instead of hands and keeping your back straight, butt down, holding it for 1 minute.
And for the last minute, we did double time itty bitty crunches. Barely bringing your shoulders off the ground but crunching your abs no less at a double time speed.
Finally we ended with a couple stretches and voila! Heidi’s fifteen minute abs!
The man came up to me after when I was putting things away asking how many times I had taught, I told him this was my first time but that I had been practicing on my boyfriend who…ached for three days afterwards.
…he looked baffled. “Well did you make him cry? Cause you certainly made me!” He told me laughing and holding his abs.
I couldn’t be more pleased!
The only thing wrong was I didn’t know how to turn on the stereo…so there was no music making a weeeee bit quiet in the studio. My coworker showed me how to work it - unfortunately (or fortunately?) only the CD player works. This of course means I can make MY OWN ABS CLASS CD!!! Boo-ya!!!
So to you my fabulous freaders, I ask…what songs should I put on a CD meant to kick butt and take names??? 
So for those of you who asked….
Heidi’s awesome abs routine…
1. Basic Crunch
2. Bikes
3. Cherry Pickers
4. Leg lifts (with hold at end for one minute)
5. Scissor kicks (with hold at end for one minute)
6. Plank
7. Double time itty bitties
Enjoy!!!
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