Wakeup Workout: Get Amazing Abs at Any Age

You can have a sexy midsection no matter how old you are. The moves involve rotation and balance which challenge every muscle in the front, sides, and back of your torso.

Pair the sculpting plan with fat-burning cardio and we guarantee you'll have flatter, firmer abs before ya know it! Janet Lee, fitness director of Shape magazine was here to show us five moves.

MOVE # 1- Dig twist
Works core, butt, legs, and arms
Hold a medicine ball in front of your hips and stand with feet slightly wider than shoulders, toes pointing out. Lower into a half squat. Pivot on right foot and rotate body to the left as you bend elbows and raise ball over left shoulder. Return to start and straighten legs; repeat. Switch sides to complete set

MOVE # 2- Get up and block
Works entire body
Lie facedown with palms on the ground next to your chest. Pull abs in, press off the ground, and hop feet forward. Spring up, reaching arms overhead, palms facing forward and hands close together (as if you were blocking a shot over the net). Land with knees bent; place your hands on the ground outside your feet. Jump feet back to starting position and lower yourself to the ground; repeat.

MOVE # 3- Navel pull
Works abs
Sit on a chair with feet on the ground. Take a deep breath into your belly. Exhale, pulling your abs in as far as you can. Hold for 30 seconds, breathing naturally; release. Repeat 5 times a day.

MOVE # 4- Spike Squat
Works core, shoulders, legs, and butt
Hold a dumbbell in right hand, arm extended in front of hips and palm facing body. Place left hand on hip. Stand with feet wide and squat. Straighten right leg as you pull the weight up to shoulder height and raise left leg out to the side, foot flexed. Squat again and repeat. Switch sides to complete set

MOVE # 5- Seated pass
Works core
Hold a medicine ball in left hand next to left shoulder, elbows bent, palms facing up, and fingers pointing out to the sides (as if you were holding a ball in each hand). Sit with knees bent and raise your feet until shins are parallel to the ground. Lean back, keeping chest high, until you feel your abs engage. Toss the ball to your right hand, then back to your left hand to complete 1 rep; repeat.

For more great workouts, check out the August issue of Shape Magazine on newsstands now. For more information, visit www.shape.com.