Women's Health

Functional Core Workouts Are the Key to Moving Better in and Out of the Gym

A strong core is not only a total flex—literally—it’s key for building total-body strength that carries over into everyday movement. Training your core functionally can help you get there. Functional ...

Why I Stopped Doing Sit-Ups and Started Doing These Core Exercises Instead

Exercises like dead bugs help lengthen and strengthen the hip flexors in a controlled position, which improves form and can help offset the effects of sitting too much, adds Dickinson. Lie faceup, ...
Health.com

9 Exercises To Strengthen Your Core and Ease Pain

Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. Side planks trains your ...
Women's Health

6 Core Exercises to Take Your Abs Workout Routine to The Next Level

Lately, my core routine has felt staler than week-old sourdough bread. Sure, classic moves like crunches, Russian twists, and planks are great (and effective!), but in order to reap the gains of ...
Today

What Are ‘Deep Core’ Exercises? The Workout That Will Transform Your Midsection

These deep core exercises will target the most important, but often neglected, part of your midsection to reduce back pain and improve posture. Instead, learn which muscles make up the deep core and ...
Outside

9 Core Exercises That Aren’t Crunches

Your core is, quite literally, at the center of everything you do. It’s what powers your paddle strokes, allows you to reach for a climbing hold, and makes hoisting a heavy pack and carrying it over ...
The New York Times

For a Stable, Strong Core, Forget About Crunches

If the goal of your workout is to walk away with a chiseled six-pack, you’re missing the point. Credit...Gritchelle Fallesgon for The New York Times Supported by By Jenny Marder To perform well at ...

If You Can Hold These 3 Positions After 60, Your Core Strength Is Top-Tier

A fitness expert shares the 3 positions that reveal your true core strength after 60 — plus easier modifications if you're not there yet.
KOAT Albuquerque

How core exercises can help older age groups

DECEMBER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ERIC. WE OFTEN HEAR HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR SENIORS TO EXERCISE. AND NOW WE’RE SEEING WHICH WORKOUTS ARE THE MOST BENEFICIAL. KOAT U-N-M HEALTH EXPERT DOCTOR ASH SPOKE ...
Today

Strengthen your core in just 7 minutes a day with this 31-day challenge

Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our Start TODAY newsletter to join the 31-day challenge and receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox. Can you believe it's almost September? The summer flew by!
Well+Good

3 Surprising Ways Your Core Is at Work During Every Single Exercise

So long as you’ve built up some baseline level of mind-body connection, you might have a sound idea of which muscles you’re tapping during a specific exercise. You know that, for instance, deadlifts ...