Any deadlift variation will actually work your transverse abdominis, says Fagan. For an added core bonus, choose a unilateral version, like a single-leg deadlift , to work the anti-rotation aspect.

For starters, let's do a bit of dead bug 101. Dead bugs are an absolutely killer core move; these bad boys target the rectus abdominis, the obliques, and the transverse abdominis (or low abs in ...