The kettlebell is an excellent tool for core workouts because it requires stability from your core, engaging all the muscles ...

Sit-ups tighten and tone the abdominal muscles that run from beneath the sternum to above the pelvis. This results in a flatter stomach and, if practised along with plenty of aerobic exercise ...

This gym class throwback may be a basic and well-known exercise, but it’s hardly an easy one. Sit-ups require optimal ...

Make these 5 moves a part of your workout regime and you'll build a stronger core over time without the need for weights.

“Your abdominal muscles play an integral part in stabilizing ... you are really engaging your obliques in a way that sit-ups and planks cannot do,” says Steve. Don’t be surprised if you ...

After all, what’s the point in aiming for that washboard stomach when you’ve got to house a baby in there for 9 months? “You can carry on working your tummy muscles doing sit-up style exercises up to ...

There are eight exercises in the workout and you do two sets of each of them to target each side of the body in turn. You do 30 seconds on one side, take a 10 second break, then do 30 seconds on the ...

Pilates is a great alternative to standard ab workouts if you want to build core strength without crunches and sit-ups.

Toe curls are an easy and highly effective exercise for isolating and strengthening the quadratus plantae muscle. Sit with ...

Can your little one sit up yet? About half way through their first year, babies generally begin to sit upright on their own. It’s trickier than it sounds. Their muscles have to be strong enough ...

“I don’t rate sit-ups at all,” says Cody Lewin ... and they generally work the superficial six-pack muscles.” It's not just Cody who gives these the tick of approval, Dr.