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All You Need Is a Yoga Mat and Pillow to Do These 5 Katie Austin-Approved ‘Lazy Girl’ Ab Moves

The fitness influencer is constantly sharing workout tips, tricks and hacks.

Ananya Panchal

Katie Austin.

Katie Austin.

Katie Austin knows some days are lazy days, but even those days deserve a little bit of exercise. The fitness influencer shared a quick and easy five move ab workout that is low-impact and requires no equipment other than a yoga mat and a household pillow.

“If you don’t have equipment at home and you’re looking to get creative, I got you!!! Try these 5 ab moves with a PILLOW when you wake up, before bed, or during commercial breaks,” she captioned an Instagram reel. “PS. This video takes me back to my college content when I did my ‘back to school’ series and all my workouts were with a textbook or a pillow hahah does ANYBODY remember?! I haveee to go find these workouts now 😂.”

Austin’s five moves include the following:

Hip Bridges: Lay on your back with you knees bent and arms pressed against the floor. Place the pillow between your thighs and lift your hips up and down.

Straight Arm Sit-Ups: Hold the pillow between your hands and do crunches as you normally would.

Side V-Ins: Lay on your side with your hips on the pillow. Extend your upper body and legs off the ground and crunch them toward your center. Repeat on the other side.

Plank Rocks: Get into a regular plank position with your forearms resting on the pillow on the ground. Rock back and forth a few inches. 

Rope Climbers: Place the pillow between your feet and extend your legs to the ceiling while laying on your back. Assume a crunch position and reach your arms to one side of your legs and then the other.

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Ananya Panchal
ANANYA PANCHAL

Ananya Panchal is a writer on the Lifestyle and Trending News team for SI Swimsuit, where she covers fashion, beauty, pop culture and the internet’s favorite personalities and trends. She joined the brand in 2022 after roles at Bustle, the San Francisco Chronicle and the TODAY Show. Panchal loves to write about fashion in all its forms—from standout runway moments and evolving street style to the best accessories to elevate each season’s wardrobe (she rarely goes anywhere without a stack of jewelry and a coffee in hand). A self-proclaimed beauty fanatic, she’s always on the hunt for must-have products and loves breaking down viral trends. Her favorite series at the moment is spotlighting female founders and the stories behind the brands they’ve built—especially those shaping the future of fashion, wellness and tech. She is based between New York City and San Francisco and, when she’s not writing, can be found rewatching One Tree Hill, playing sudoku, trying new restaurants or ranking her favorite Disney Channel Original Movies. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and journalism with a minor in criminal justice from Boston University.

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