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

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.

You don’t need long workouts to build a strong core. This simple five-move routine delivers real results in just five minutes ...

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

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, planks are a popular fitness move for a reason: they’re effective. This one move engages the entire body, especially the abs. Planks put the entire core muscle group to work, ...

Pilates pro Simone de la Rue demonstrates how to do a plank jack—aka the ultimate cardio and core-strengthening move—with proper form. A little known fact about planks: In addition to working nearly ...

Strength training supports healthy aging by preserving muscle, bone density, metabolic health, and independence.

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.

Women who are 50 years, or older, tend to develop persistent belly fat, because menopause causes their metabolism to slow ...

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For a program to be most effective, Washington recommends sticking to it for at least four to five weeks before changing it ...

The best time to do it: Padilla recommends doing this exercise during regular strength training sessions, two to three times ...