Slave Leia Ab Workout — Star Wars Day

Princess Leia strangled her captor with the chain he put on her.

Your core has no excuse.

This is a mat workout.

No equipment

Beginner friendly — which means you have no excuse not to start, not that it's going to be easy.

The foam Slave Leia costume is 15 years old and still going.

Built for movement, built to last. Your core should work the same way.

Dead Bug

This is the move that exposes every lie your abs have been telling you.

Back flat. Arms up. Knees at 90. Lower the opposite arm and leg without letting your spine peel off the mat.

That gap between your lower back and the floor is the whole conversation.

Keep it closed.

You've been doing crunches. Leia would never.

The Hundred

Legs in tabletop. Arms pump. Five counts in, five counts out. Ten rounds.

Your deep core has been quiet for awhile — this wakes it up fast. Let it.

Bridge

Feet flat, drive through your heels, hold at the top longer than feels comfortable.

That's where the work actually happens — not the lift, the hold.

Side Kneeling Plank

Knees stacked, one hand down, other arm long.

Obliques. No drama, just the work.

Kneeling Push Up

Keep your core braced or your hips drop and you've turned this into a lower back complaint. Stay tight. The upper body is secondary here.

Teaser Variations — Bent Knee

Sit tall. Feet light. Roll back slow. Come back up with control — not momentum. This is the move that shows you exactly where your core actually is versus where you think it is.

She didn't wait to be rescued.

Stop waiting to have abs.

May the Fourth be with your core.

The other 364 days are on you.