Core exercises for stronger abs include crunches, teasers, planks, and body-weight squats. A strong core helps improve balance and posture.

A simple yet powerful movement widely recommended by U.S. trainers to target the lower abs, improve core stability, and ...

Static holds might be stalling your progress; discover the dynamic movements that stabilize your spine, sharpen your balance, ...

The many variations of the farmer’s walk can be easily added to your workout plan on upper-body days, lower-body days or days that focus on core, grip strength and cardio. The farmer’s walk is the ...

Pilates is well-known for its core-strengthening benefits as the movements are primarily designed to target these muscles and (despite sample sizes often being small), studies show this too. One study ...

Ditch planks and rebuild core strength after 50 with 4 daily moves that train rotation, balance, and real-life stability.

“Core work” often gets lumped in with ab exercises, but for runners, the core does far more than help with sit-ups. These ...

Ready to ditch endless crunches and finally build a rock-solid core? Your core is a powerhouse encompassing all the muscles from your pelvis to your ribcage – abdominals, obliques, lower back, pelvic ...

Gym machines can help you build strong ab muscles with weights and resistance more efficiently than bodyweight crunches, according to trainers.

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 ...

Case in point: You rely on your core muscles to carry you through the miles. And research shows that core strength training can improve the force you put into your steps, your overall energy transfer, ...

I asked fitness expert Dr. Femi Betiku to share more about the problems with a weak core for runners. A weak core means a ...