Side planks trains your obliques with movements like twisting and rotating. Leg raises help strengthen your lower abs and hip flexors, but they may strain your lower back. Keeping your core engaged ...

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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 ...

A few weeks ago I found myself in a bit of a huff and ranting to a colleague, as my deadlift progress had come to a sudden halt and my lower back was in pain. His blunt response: “Your core clearly ...

The plank exercise is an old-school isometric core exercise that originated with yoga practices and has since been a standard part of mainstream bodyweight workouts. It's a top-shelf ab move that can ...

Planks are one of the most effective exercises for strengthening your midsection, as they target all of your major core muscles: the transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis, external obliques and ...

When most people think of core exercises, they think crunches and sit-ups – possibly because the tactical professions have used them for decades. But given recent changes in military testing, the next ...

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The path to core strength is as varied as the number of exercises that build your core system. There are hundreds of exercises from which to select when working to build the core, but this type of ...

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 ...