You'll need more than just crunches to build a strong, functional core. Try these moves to upgrade your workouts.

Our bodies move in various directions to perform tasks such as picking up a child, carrying luggage, or getting up and down ...

Sit tall with your weight equally distributed between both sits bones and feet planted on the floor hips-width apart. Engage ...

What are the first exercises you think about when you hear the words core training? Crunches and sit-ups probably come to mind. While you can certainly do those exercises to train your core, there’s ...

Lower the non-weighted hand toward the floor, aiming for the shin or ankle. Maintain the kettlebell in a steady overhead ...

This series of exercises focuses on important muscles in the legs and torso we use every day. No equipment (and very little space) necessary. By Jenny Marder A good strength workout should check a lot ...

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 ...

Often, the way we work out, it’s almost as if it could have an invisible meridian dividing the upper and lower halves (you know: arm day! leg day!). But central, quite literally, to everything is the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." No offense to sit-ups, planks, and hollow holds, but basic core exercises can feel drab day after day.

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