These three moves are low-impact and build a strong core without hurting your back; a personal trainer shares how to do them.

Hold weights overhead, with your arms extended. Engage your core, and tuck your pelvis so your ribcage and hips are stacked on top of each other. Exhale as you lift and bend your right knee towards ...

Sometimes, factors like age, past injury, or personal comfort can prevent my personal training clients from getting onto the floor for traditional core exercises. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways ...

Crunches are familiar, and plenty of people still think of them first when they want to train their stomach. They can make ...

The Pallof press exercise builds core stability, improves spinal control, and increases your trunk strength without putting added stress on your spine.

Watts specifically recommends prioritizing the dead bug and bird-dog, as “going deep on two [exercises] beats skimming across ...

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 era of traditional sit-ups and crunches is over–functional ab training offers an exciting way to engage and challenge ...

Editor’s note: Dana Santas, known as the “Mobility Maker,” is a certified strength and conditioning specialist and mind-body coach in professional sports, and is the author of the book “Practical ...

You’re probably familiar with the abs muscles—the ones you see poppin' on celebs like J.Lo or Halle Berry, but there’s way more to core strength than those visible six-pack muscles. Behind the scenes, ...

These moves target all of your abdominal muscles and improve balance and mobility.

Almost all of my therapy cases start with patients lying in bed. It is true—most people who come into the hospital or a skilled nursing facility are on their backs when I first make contact. Their ...