Whether you are new to fitness or you have stopped seeing results from your current exercise routine, getting back to the basics can make all the difference. Many of us get caught up in fitness trends ...

Toe taps are a great way to tone the hard-to-hit lower abs. For a strong and stable core, I recommend that my clients do Pilates exercises. I myself used Pilates to cure my chronic back pain, and ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. “Right to the core,” “core values,” and “hardcore.” These little idioms highlight just how vital the concept of “core” is in our lives ...

I describe the core to my clients as the foundation of a house. You want the foundation to be strong so that you can add the walls and so on. If you don’t have a strong foundation (your core), the ...

Core exercises can improve strength, posture, and overall health. Although it can be harder for females to attain visible ab muscles, performing core exercises regularly is very beneficial. Sex and ...

More than half of women who give birth experience a condition called diastasis recti, yet many have never heard its name. This separation of abdominal muscles during pregnancy affects physical ...

For many women, stepping into a gym for the first time can feel like entering an entirely different world. The unfamiliar equipment, the experienced lifters, and the unspoken rules can be intimidating ...

Don’t let its name deceive you: The dead bug exercise is actually a really stellar strength move—and one, we’re happy to inform you, that has nothing to do with, um, expired cockroaches or beetles. In ...

Denise Austin just shared a core exercise on Instagram. The 67-year-old demonstrated a “great exercise that you can do standing up” to “tone and tighten” the abs. The standing crunch variation is ...