[doriesmith]

Your abs get worked out when you ride a recumbent bike or walk on a treadmill or use the elliptical too. Your right Missy, our abs get worked out doing basic movements also. Personally, I HATE training my abs so I must say, I'm really lazy about that part of my workout. I have noticed a tremendous change in my abs since I've added 20 minutes of recumbent bike riding to my 30 minutes of cardio daily (I alternate one day of working out on the treadmill with one day of working out on the elliptical). I'm doing 50 minutes of cardio daily. I take one or two days off a week to rest. Sometimes I don't have time to do all that at once so I'll break it up and do 30minutes at one time and 20 another time. However I manage to do it, it's kicked up my metabolism and got me out of the plateau I've been stuck in for several months.