Tried Daisy Keech’s Hourglass Workout with 7.9 million views – and it’s killer

If you’re looking for a free abs workout to add to your routine this week, I’ve found it – the Daisy Keech Hourglass Workout. Like his other workouts (find out what happened when I tried Daisy Keech’s midlife abs workout here), her hourglass workout is designed to tighten your waist and give you that hourglass shape.

This is a ten minute workout that does not require any equipment and can be done just about anywhere. Want to know what happened when I put it to the test? Read on.

First off, this sit-up workout follows the format of many other free YouTube workouts from Keech – you perform nine exercises for a minute, with no breaks in between, to really work the core muscles.

As Keech has mentioned in other videos, she doesn’t perform exercises that target the obliques, which are located along the abs, because she says it gives the body a more square torso. It is important to stress here that you should not avoid strengthening your oblique muscles.

Another thing to note here – the music for this workout is really boring. It goes in and out, and I ended up stopping and restarting the workout a few times, assuming it was my internet connection or my old laptop that was the problem. This was not the case. My recommendation would be to follow the instructions written below, or watch the video muted and play your own music to motivate yourself.

What is Daisy Keech’s hourglass training?

If you prefer to follow the workout without playing on YouTube, here are the exercises Keech does in his hourglass workout:

Basic crunches – 1 minute

First of all, the crunches. To do a crunch, start by lying on your back with your lower back flat against the floor. Keech puts his legs in a table position for the crunches of his workout, cross-legged. With your hands on either side of your head, engage your abdominal muscles and contract your torso towards your knees. Return to the starting position and repeat.

Bike kicks – 1 minute

To do a bicycle kick, lie on the floor with your back flat against the floor. Place your hands next to your head and lift your shoulders off the floor. Bend your knees and lift your legs off the floor. Bring the right knee towards your chest as you straighten your left leg, as your right knee rises, turn your body so that your left elbow touches your right knee. Repeat on the other side and make sure your legs and shoulders are not touching the floor throughout the exercise.

Jack knives – 1 minute, 15 per side

Start by lying on your back. This exercise is similar to a toe touch, but you lower your torso and extend your arms behind your head, keeping your neck off the floor, between each touch. Start by lying on your back. With your arms straight behind your head and your legs straight a few inches off the floor, engage your abs to lift your arms and legs as if you were trying to touch your toes. Hold, then go back down to the starting position.

Russian twists – 1 minute

To perform this exercise, sit on the floor with your knees bent. Keeping your back straight, lean back and lift your legs off the floor. Turn to one side – as far as you can without touching the ground – then turn to the other side.

Toe taps – 1 minute

This is a classic Pilates exercise that works the right abs and transverse abs. Start with your legs in a tabletop position. Engage your trunk and keep your knee bent, lower your right hand and tap your toe on the floor. Your left leg should remain in the table position. Reverse the movement and repeat on the opposite side.

Bike crunches – 1 minute, 15 per side

As with bicycle kicks, lying on your back, bend one leg and place the opposite foot against your knee, so that your leg forms a 90-degree angle. Crunch the opposite elbow to touch the bent knee. Perform 15 reps on each side or do 30 seconds on each side.

Scissor kicks – 1 minute

To do scissor kicks, raise your legs to a 45-degree angle, keeping your lower back pressed flat against the floor. Engaging your core, push your legs to the side, changing the top leg.

Reverse crunches – 1 minute

To do a reverse crunch, lie on your back and place your legs in a table position. Engage your core and breathe to lift your hips off the floor and your legs up onto your chest. Exhale as you come back down to your starting position. He’s a representative.

Butterfly kicks – 1 minute

To do butterfly kicks, lie down with your back pressed against the floor with your arms by your side. Raise your legs to the ceiling, then lower them so that they form a 45-degree angle to the floor. Move your legs up and down as if you are swimming, keeping this movement small.

I tried Daisy Keech’s hourglass workout: here’s what happened

Like Daisy Keech’s other workouts, this one was a killer and really worked my inner core. I also loved the versatility of the workout – you can literally do it just about anywhere and Keech just uses a blanket on the grass rather than an exercise mat.

The exercises themselves are also relatively easy on the spine. As mentioned in some of my other training reviews, I suffered from sciatica after a horseback riding accident as a teenager, so I have to be careful during some abdominal exercises not to put too much pressure on my spine. Other than the butterfly kicks and scissors, which I perform with my legs higher up to the ceiling to make sure my lower back stays sunk into the floor, I had no issues with this workout.

Keech says in the workout description that you should do this exercise every day to see results, and she is not wrong. After incorporating this simple nine-minute workout into my twice-weekly routine, I can really feel my abs more prominent, and my heart has been on fire for about an hour after my workout.

The visibility of your abdominal muscles depends on your body fat percentage, and no workout can fully “target” your belly fat, but strengthening your core has a number of benefits other than aesthetics. I find that adding regular ab workouts to my routine helps me focus more on my abs during cardio – I think about keeping my core engaged when I’m running or on my spin bike, which definitely has a problem. positive effect on my overall performance.

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