9 Moves To Shrink Your Muffin Top [VIDEO]

Step 1: Lie face up on the floor with arms and feet extended, grasping a stability ball with both hands.

Step 2: In one fluid movement, use your entire core to lift your arms and legs off the ground, keeping legs and arms straight the entire time.

Step 3: Transfer the ball from your hands to your feet and allow yourself to lower back down to the floor. That is one rep. Note: make certain to keep your lower back pressed into the ground to protect your back throughout the movement.

Modification (Beginner): Bend knees while performing move or ditch stability ball altogether.

Step 1: Stand with your feet hip-width apart and your arms by your sides.

Step 2: Bend your knees and squat down, placing your hands firmly on the floor.

Step 3: Jump your feet back to come into a high plank with straight arms and legs.

Step 4: Jump both feet forward to your hands.

Step 5: From your crouching position, jump up with hands above your head. That's one rep.

Modification (Beginner): Remove the jumps and step your feet, one by one on steps 3 and 4.

Modification (Advanced): Add a pushup at the end of step 3.

Lie facedown on a stability ball with your hands on the floor in front of you. Walk your hands forward until you are in plank position with only your shins and the tops of your feet on the ball.

Brace your core and bring your knees in, pivoting them sideways so they come toward your right armpit.

Shoot your legs back out to plank position, then repeat on left side. That's one rep.

Step 1: Begin in high plank position with your hands directly under your shoulders. Your body should be in a straight, diagonal line from your head to your heels.

Step 2: With your core engaged, bring your right knee forward under your chest with the toes just off the ground. Return to your basic plank.

Step 3: Switch legs, bringing the left knee forward. Keep alternating legs and pick up the pace until it feels like running in place in a plank position.

Step 1: Kneel on the floor and lean all the way over to your right side, placing your right palm on the floor. Keeping your weight balanced, extend your left leg and point your toes.

Step 2: Place your left hand behind your head, pointing your elbow toward the ceiling.

Step 3: Slowly lift your left leg to a little above hip height.

Step 4: Lower your leg back to starting position. This is one rep. Complete all reps on this side, then repeat on the opposite side.

Step 1: Hold a dumbbell or kettlebell (shown) in both hands, sit on the ground with your knees bent and your heels about a foot from your butt.

Step 2: Lean slightly back, keeping a straight spine. 

Step 3: Draw your navel in towards your spine, and twist  to the left, bringing the weight to your left side. The movement comes from the ribs rotating, not from your arms swinging. Then rotate to the right. That is one rep.

Step 1: Place elbows directly beneath your shoulders, legs extended.

Step 2: Press through your heels so calves are lengthened. Pull your navel in towards your spine and engage your glutes.

Modification (Beginner): Drop your knees to the floor.

Step 1: Start by lying on the floor face up with your knees together and bent at a 90-­degree angle. Without moving your upper body, lower your knees to the right side so that they’re touching the floor. Place your fingers behind your head.

Step 2: Raise your shoulders toward your hips, pause for one second, and then take two seconds to lower your upper body back to the starting position. Complete all reps on this side, then repeat on the opposite side.