Your summer abs sorted

Katarina’s workout will get you ab-solutely on track

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With up to seven events across track and field to compete in, it’s no surprise that Commonwealth heptathlon champ Katarina Johnson-thompson (who has picked up the baton from Dame

Jessica Ennis-hill) has some serious abs of steel. If you fancy a killer core like this, gear up and get going with these exercises. Try each one for 20 seconds on, then ten seconds rest, and repeat three times.

1 Leg raises

Lie on your back with your legs straight and together. Keep them straight as you lift them towards the ceiling, until your bum comes off the floor. Slowly lower your legs back down till they’re just above the floor. Hold for a moment. Raise your legs back up. Repeat.

2 Leg scissors

Lie on your back and lift your legs straight up into the air. Slowly open your legs out to the sides so they form a V, and then cross them over one another in a scissor motion. Pause, and then slowly bring your legs back together. Repeat.

3 Med ball twists

Sit with your knees bent, feet off the floor and holding a medicine ball a few inches in front of your chest. Twist the ball to your left hip bone, keeping the body centred. Do the same to your right hip bone – again, keeping your body centred. Continue to twist back and forth for the desired number of repetitions or length of time.

4 Hand to feet

Lie on your back and extend your arms straight back above your head. Stretch your legs out straight as well. Execute the movement by touching your hands to your toes. This is done by raising your legs and arms to meet in a jackknife position, while keeping all four limbs as straight as possible. Lower your arms and legs back down to the starting positions in a slow and controlled fashion. Repeat.

5 tuck to stretch crunch

Lie on your back with a medicine ball in your hands, arms extended above your head. Lift your legs by bending your knees and keeping your calves parallel with the floor. Exhale as you roll forward, raising your torso off the floor, but keeping your back on the mat. Transfer the medicine ball from your hands to between your knees. Slowly reverse the motion back to the starting position. Repeat.