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

I'll admit it: For years, I avoided adding a medicine ball to my workouts. Frankly, I was intimidated by the large weighted ball, imagining it was meant solely for hard-core exercisers with 18-inch ...

Fast, effective, and no basic movements.

Modern fitness trends come and go, but core strength remains essential for everything from posture and travel comfort to everyday movement. Personal trainers increasingly rely on medicine balls ...

A strong core is not only a total flex—literally—it’s key for building total-body strength that carries over into everyday movement. Training your core functionally can help you get there. Functional ...

Abs. What guy doesn’t want a chiseled core? Sure, your diet plays a massive role in getting shredded, but hitting both the showy six-pack muscles and the deeper stabilizers matters just as much. The ...

Exercises to shrink stomach roll after 45, with expert guidance, daily reps, and form cues that work better than ab machines.

Improve balance and posture with this core workout ...

On an episode of "Good Moves," The Ness founder Colette Dong demos a 15-minute core workout utilizing a soft Pilates ball. founder of The Ness in New York City J. Lo’s trainer recommends using a ...

Core exercises after 65, with exclusive certified-trainer cues, to rebuild stability fast using 4 simple at-home moves.

Maintaining core strength and stability is important for wheelchair users. Routine core work may help promote trunk stability, reduce pain, and increase mobility. Your core is the cylinder of muscles ...