The shift from crunches to functional movements is the most important change you can make for your long-term fitness. By ...

There are so many effective ways to work your core at the gym and at the home. You could grab a kettlebell and do a full-body routine with sneaky abs engagement, do bodyweight abs moves like plank ...

Whether you're switching up your typical strength training routine or rehabbing after injury, introducing instability into your workouts will have you shaking and aching like never before. There are a ...

Any Pilates fans out there will know what a difference a Pilates ball makes. Take my word for it: as someone who has done Pilates almost every week for the past 18 months, classes that include the use ...

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

Shilpa Shetty highlights the benefits of flutter kicks for core strength, muscle endurance, and balance, and recommends using a tennis ball. At 50, Shilpa Shetty is one of the fittest actors in ...

The Swiss ball—also known as an exercise, stability, or physio ball—is one of the best tools for building core strength, thanks to its inherent wobbliness. Whether you hold it, lean against it, or ...

Core training has always been part of military PT and fitness testing. From crunches to sit-ups, flutter kicks, leg tucks and plank poses, the U.S. military uses many exercises to test core strength.

The buzzy fitness competition is taking over cities across the U.S. Here, Daria Daspin, head coach at the Training Lab NYC, ...

There's a widely believed theory—known as the principle of least effort—which might explain why you struggle to hit the golf ball farther than you do. The theory suggests that people instinctively ...