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We’ve all heard about the crunches, and the leg raises, and the other kind of crunches, as well as the crunches done with a medicine ball in hand. And you’ve crunched your abs day in and day out for the last 33, but still don’t have the midsection you were after. Well it may be because you are leaving out some other key exercises important in your six-pack quest. Your body adapts after a period of time of repetitive exercise, and the exercises you were doing may not be yielding you results anymore.

Put away the crunches for a while and try these 5 abs exercises you've never seen before: 

You’re ready to get healthy, and you really do want to commit to that fitness routine and start your regular meal prep, but every week there seems to be another excuse of why you can’t, or something else that is holding you back from getting started.

The truth is, that everyone starts somewhere, and even once you’ve adopted a healthy lifestyle with regular exercise and lots of healthy food, there will always be challenges and excuses that creep up.

Whether you’re having a bad week, a bad day, or just haven’t been feeling yourself lately, it’s normal for your confidence to ebb and flow with your mood, level of happiness, or even your time of the month.

The issue though is when your confidence becomes the root of other problems in your life, causing you to do or not do things you normally would and making you miserable, anti-social and not really wanting to do anything but sit on the couch.

If this sounds like you, start today and boost your confidence with these 5 tips:

So what exactly is a BOSU ball? Well, also known as a BOSU Balance Trainer, this fitness device consists of an inflated rubber side attached to a platform. It has other names such as a “blue half-ball” because of its look, which resembles a stability ball cut in half. The BOSU ball is often used for balance training since when it’s dome side up, it’s an unstable surface. It can also be used with the flipped side up, which increases its instability.

When it gets dark at 5pm, there’s a foot of snow on the ground and the thermometer hasn’t come above minus 20, it can be hard to find the motivation to go out for a run or to maintain your usual fitness routine.

Don’t let the winter be an excuse to get off track.

Check out these 6 tips to keep you motivated to work out all winter long:

Find a buddy

As they say, misery hates company, so if you can’t motivate yourself to go outside for a run when it’s 20 below, find somebody else to motivate you instead. Having a buddy can be a great way to not only make you do it, but also encourage you to push yourself and work harder.