While the plank is an excellent core exercise, several other options can strengthen your core. You can do these bodyweight exercises anywhere, and they don’t require equipment.

You deserve a better ab workout than crunches. Strength training can help you build an athletic core. Equipment like a slam ball or medicine balls provides a more dynamic workout for gains. Stability ...

Fit & Well fitness writer Harry Bullmore performing a bird dog as part of the McGill Big Three core exercises. Millions of people around the world suffer from back pain. Core stability training is one ...

Flutter kicks are a modern Pilates exercise and feature in many ab workouts, but what happens when a personal trainer tries ...

Build core strength after 50 with 5 bodyweight moves that train bracing and control, often faster than planks.

The best core exercises don't necessarily require you to get on the floor. These seven standing variations are sure to ...

To learn whether or not your upper-body strength level is where it should be—or needs a bit of a boost—we spoke with experts.

After years as a self-professed Cardio Queen, actor Jennifer Aniston has relinquished the title to focus, instead, on an ...

Maintaining a strong, stable core is among the most common fitness recommendations given to everyone from athletes to people with chronic pain. Terms like "core exercise" and "core activation" get a ...

It’s estimated that 2 million people in the U.S. will experience a back injury this year. Many of these injuries are because of postures held for prolonged periods and workplace incidents. Many more ...

There are two kinds of people in this world: People who want to work their core and people who consider core exercises their worst nightmare. But regardless of which camp you fall into, if you are ...

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