You don't need planks to build powerhouse core muscles. The crunch clapping exercise strengthens your abs without weights, and a personal trainer explains how.

Bird dog Another great exercise for core strength is the bird dog. While in a crawling position, brace your abdominal muscles. Slowly lift one leg and the opposite arm, extending them outward to ...

Leg Slides (Supine): This exercise enhances hip flexion and extension while maintaining core engagement. Lying on your back with knees bent and feet flat on the floor, inhale to prepare. Exhale ...

He recommends spending five to 10 minutes, two to three times a week, on core work, doing exercises such as planks, glute bridges, bicycle crunches, weighted crunches, and hanging leg or knee raises.

You don't need equipment to build a stronger core and boost spine mobility. Here are the benefits of the Pilates roll-up exercise, and how it can help your body.

Strengthen your core, hips, quads and back using this abs exercise to build full-body strength, endurance and stamina. The hollow hold is an isometric exercise, which means your muscles contract ...

The Benefits of a Deep Core Workout The deep core is a runner’s foundation—if it’s weak, you’re building on shaky ground and will never maximize your performance, Tamir says.

Here’s how to do Lori Michiel’s go-to standing core exercise for seniors 1. Stand upright, and hold a single dumbbell in your hands in front of your hips with straight arms.