These days, everyone wants a strong core and abs, but great core exercises don’t necessarily hit your abdominal muscles and ab exercises don’t always work your deep core muscles. So, what do you do?

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 ...

In the “bang for your buck” category of fitness equipment, sliders are a close runner-up to resistance bands. They’re cheap, versatile, and easy to store or take on the road. And if your current core ...

Lately, my core routine has felt staler than week-old sourdough bread. Sure, classic moves like crunches, Russian twists, and planks are great (and effective!), but in order to reap the gains of ...

98, 99, 100…you mutter through pursed lips, before collapsing flat on your back on the gym floor. Your core crunched to oblivion, your hip flexors probably firing on all cylinders and your neck a ...

No offense to sit-ups, planks, and hollow holds, but basic core exercises can feel drab day after day. They work the abdominals, but if you’re looking for stronger, sculpted abs, let me introduce you ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Dead bugs improve core stability and coordination by ...

Your core is like a WI-FI router. When it’s strong, everything in your body is connected and working seamlessly. But when it’s down, random places in your body start hurting out of nowhere. The only ...

Want to build killer abs and core strength like the legendary hot girl Megan Thee Stallion? Well, take a look at the rapper’s Instagram page for a few tips. When it comes to building both areas, the ...

The dumbbell squat to press, also known as a thruster, is a compound exercise that starts in a front squat position and ends in an overhead press. This full body movement can be done using dumbbells, ...