Whilst almost anyone can do a crunch or a sit-up, for most of us the higher reps remain the preserve of avid gym-goers, Olympians and celebrities. However, in reality, physiologists and personal ...

I'm someone who finds standard ab workouts a little dry. Sit-up to crunch to plank, back to sit-ups, and so on. While these exercises are effective for engaging your core muscles, they’re far from ...

When you hear "ab workout," your mind probably goes to sit-ups and crunches, lying on your back. Yet research shows that these aren’t actually the best exercises for targeting the muscles in your ...

We love a plank hold as much as the next girl, and we’ll bicycle kick our way through just about anything. But if you’re looking for new ways to work your core that don’t involve face planting ...

Flip through any health and fitness magazine from the last few decades and you’ll find no shortage of ab exercises promising that coveted six-pack—crunches, sit-ups, planks, you name it. And while ...

Our core is made up of four muscle groups that are essential to everyday movements, like walking and lifting. And when people think about core strengthening, crunches are often the first thing that ...

By targeting your ab muscles in an upright position, the workout becomes more functional as it relates to running.