While practicing Pilates is an effective way to strengthen your core, you can build core stability, balance, and strength with more functional exercises.

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 ...

You don’t need a reformer to rebuild a strong, stable core after 65—just four smart, functional moves you can do at home.

Fast, effective, and no basic movements.

This dynamic plank variation is redefining how Americans build core strength, balance, and upper-body endurance—without ...

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Psst: it's not another plank.

For overall health, it's important to focus on exercises that work the entire core: the muscles along the spine, pelvis and sides of the torso. These include the abs and obliques, but also the glutes, ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Lie on the mat with your arms extended straight up.

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Core training has always been part of military PT and fitness testing. From crunches to sit-ups, flutter kicks, leg tucks and plank poses, the U.S. military uses many exercises to test core strength.

The Macy Pilates Core Trainer is a durable plastic board featuring sliding pads (a version of the gliding carriage of a ...