Search for Fitness Blender abs videos and you get page after page of near identical titles, running from six minutes to half an hour. They are not interchangeable. Some are mat routines built around crunches, some are standing and crunch free, and a few are closer to cardio than core work. Choosing a Fitness Blender abs workout comes down to three questions. How much time do you have? What do your neck and lower back tolerate? Will the session stand alone or get added to other training? This guide sorts the Fitness Blender abs library on those terms and adds a few things the video pages leave out.
Fitness Blender abs workouts by length
Six to ten minutes
The shortest Fitness Blender abs option is a 6 minute mat routine of seven exercises, including plank half jacks that bring in the shoulders and thighs along with the abs.
The 8 minute label is trickier, because several different videos carry it. One is four exercises at 45 seconds, run twice with no rest, and the trainers suggest adding it to the end of cardio or strength sessions three to four times a week rather than using it alone. Another version uses eight exercises at 50 seconds with 10 second breaks. Check the description before you press play.
The 10 minute abs and obliques video keeps the 50 and 10 pattern across ten moves and estimates a burn of roughly 65 to 86 calories.
Fifteen to twenty-four minutes
The 16 minute video, which some pages title as 15 minutes, has two groups of eight exercises at 45 seconds on and 15 off, with no warm up. Add your own, or slot it into a break in a longer workout.
The 20 minute home abdominal routine pairs exercises, has you alternate 14 reps of each three times through, and finishes with two stretches. The 24 minute ab blasting session runs twelve exercises twice through and shows easier and harder versions of each.
Thirty minutes, for people who get bored
The 30 minute routine for people who get bored easily uses 24 different exercises in four groups of six, drawn from crunches, planks, cardio, Pilates, back work and a burnout round, with beginner friendly options throughout. If you drop routines because of repetition, this is the one to try.
Fitness Blender abs workouts without crunches
If crunches bother your neck or back, there is a run of standing routines. The 10 minute crunch free session uses nine standing exercises, needs very little space, and is described as a good place for beginners to start. Its estimated burn is 50 to 70 calories in total. The cardio infused standing session runs eight moves at 50 seconds each, with a lower estimate of 27 to 54 calories. The 34 minute standing routine is aimed at people who feel tension in the neck or lower back during traditional core work.
Because these are gentler, the site suggests the crunch free session can double as light warm up cardio before a harder routine. If floor work leaves you sore in the wrong places, try these first. Persistent pain is a question for a physiotherapist or doctor, not another video.
What the research says about ab routines
Two ideas are worth knowing before you choose.
The first is the lower abs. A recent review from the Brookbush Institute, covering thirteen studies, concludes that the rectus abdominis works as one continuous unit, even in leg raises and reverse crunches that are traditionally sold as lower ab moves. Several Fitness Blender abs workouts include reverse crunches, and that is fine. Just don’t choose a video because its title promises to hit the lower abs.
The second is exercise selection. In a Penn State study reported by Eat This, Not That, twenty people performed sixteen core exercises, and integrated moves such as the plank challenged the abs more than isolation moves like crunches. The American Council on Exercise has also ranked bicycle crunches as its top ab exercise, and they appear in the 10 minute abs and obliques video.
The practical takeaway is to read the exercise list. A video with planks, side planks, rotation and moves that involve the legs and shoulders is doing more than one made entirely of crunch variations. The 6 minute and 30 minute routines above fit that description.
The trainers behind Fitness Blender abs videos are also upfront that ab work alone won’t change how your midsection looks. They say you can’t crunch belly fat away, and that everyone has abs, but most people carry them under a layer of body fat. Think of these videos as strength work for your trunk.
How often to do Fitness Blender abs workouts
The site’s own pages disagree, and it’s better to say so than to smooth it over. An older 8 minute article recommends a quick abs routine four to five times a week. The quick 8 minute video says three to four times weekly, added to other workouts. The 20 minute routine says every other day is enough, with more rest if you are still sore.
My reading is that frequency depends on load. A 6 minute add-on after lifting is a very different demand from a 24 minute interval session, so use soreness as your guide.
Here is one example week, my suggestion and not a Fitness Blender prescription. Say you lift or do cardio three days a week. Add the short 8 minute routine to the end of two of those sessions. Do the 10 minute crunch free routine on an off day. Save the 20 minute session for the weekend. Adjust from there.
Cost: are Fitness Blender abs videos free?
A September 2026 roundup lists over 700 free videos, with a paid tier at $8.99 a month or $79.99 a year that adds customizable programs. The same roundup rated the platform 3.5 and noted that the videos come without music. A June 2026 review found no dedicated app, so workouts run through a phone or computer browser. Prices and library counts change, so confirm them on the site before subscribing.
Three habits that matter more than the video you pick
Most problems come from technique, not routine choice. One is rushing reps to beat the timer. The 24 minute page itself advises moving slowly through a full range of motion. Another is pulling on the neck during crunches. The third is skipping the warm up on routines that start without one, like the 16 minute video.
If you want one place to start with Fitness Blender abs, take a routine you can repeat comfortably three times a week. A gentler ten minutes you actually do beats an advanced session you dread.
