While the plank is an excellent core exercise, several other options can strengthen your core. You can do these bodyweight exercises anywhere, and they don’t require equipment.

A smarter way to train your core for daily life, lifting, carrying, and long-term spinal health—without lying on the floor ...

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 widely considered by fitness experts to be a fantastic exercise to strengthen the muscles in your core and elsewhere, no matter your age or physical fitness level. There are numerous ...

Build core strength after 50 with 5 bodyweight moves that train bracing and control, often faster than planks.

This no-movement exercise is one of the most reliable ways to measure core endurance, posture control, and spinal ...

Adding leg lifts to the reverse plank makes it more dynamic by engaging more muscle groups at once. While holding a standard ...

Start on all fours. Extend your right arm in front of you and your left leg behind, actively reaching in opposite directions.

The core of your body is important for every aspect of movement but when strength diminishes it can lead to injuries – specifically in the legs and back. Intermountain Health physical therapist Andrew ...

To learn whether or not your upper-body strength level is where it should be—or needs a bit of a boost—we spoke with experts.

I don’t love planks. There I said it. Isometric exercises (or holding one position) are not my thing. I prefer other types of core exercises (hi dead bugs, bicycle crunches, inchworms, or V-ups!) over ...