Maintaining a strong, stable core is among the most common fitness recommendations given to everyone from athletes to people with chronic pain. Terms like "core exercise" and "core activation" get a ...

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 ...

Almost every gym has a gym ball (AKA Swiss, exercise or stability ball), but you rarely see it used. That’s a pity because it adds another dimension to core exercises. “One of my favorite reasons for ...

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 ...

Pilates has taught us that you don't need to invest in expensive equipment to get a great core workout at home. But one simple tool — the humble Pilates ball — may be worth grabbing anyway. A Pilates ...

A medicine ball is a great way to get you firing up your core. If you haven’t heard of a medicine ball, it’s just a weighted ball that is perfect for strength training—like core exercises. So having a ...

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