TURN AND BURN

Use the ALTERNATING DB DUMBBELL WIND MILL as a finisher move to activate your core, increase range of motion and provide your abs with an 11th-hour boost

The innovative six-pack movement that will flip your core workout on its head

With summer in full swing and lazy weekends having taken their toll, last- ditch attempts to unveil your abs can convince you to forgo flexibility and balanced training in favour of frantic crunches. Sidelining mobility is, however, self-sabotage. By ignoring your range of movement, you’ll hinder potential muscle growth, slow the recovery process and increase your likelihood of injury.

The alternating dumbbell windmill allows you to combine beach-body training with a more holistic approach to movement and total-body conditioning. “It tackles overhead pressing work for stability and broader shoulders, rotation to unveil strong abs and obliques, and mobilises the hip region to target desk-bound back pain,” says personal trainer Lee Boyce.

What’s more, by using dumbbells in place of traditional kettlebells, you will increase the distance to the floor, improving your range so you can recruit more muscle fibres across your core. The further you twist, the closer you inch to a six-pack.

Boyce recommends deploying the windmill as a fat-burning tool, too. Due to its low-impact nature it can be used at the end of every workout and its focus on your posterior chain provides a potent ‘EPOC’ effect for a post-workout calorie burn.

Perform three sets of 10 reps per side and the metabolism spike plus core activation will amp up your abs in just three weeks. It’s time to put yourself through the mill.