Ab Exercises

Person wearing a gray T-shirt and black leggings performing a high plank as part of the alligator crawl exercise.
How to Do the Alligator Crawl Exercise to Light Up Your Core and Upper Body
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Fit person wearing white leggings and with hair in a bun does the leaning camel at home on a mat
This One Ab Exercise Works Your Quads, Glutes and Lower Back
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person with curly hair pulled back and a matching pink workout set does Chair exercises for abs in an office setting
The 9 Best Ab Exercises You Can Do in a Chair
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The Only 4 Moves You Need for a Quick, Effective Ab Workout
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Three people in a gym doing the wood chop exercise with a dumbbell.
How to Do the Wood Chop Exercise for Stronger Obliques
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Person wearing gray T-shirt and blue shorts doing mountain climber exercise on mat.
The 6 Best Functional Core Exercises to Sculpt Your Waist
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Athlete performing reverse crunches on black mat in gym.
How to Do the Reverse Crunch for a Stronger Core and Hips
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People in a mat Pilates class doing the Pilates hundred exercise.
How to Do the Pilates Hundred Exercise to Build Major Core Strength — No Equipment Needed
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Two people doing hollow body holds on exercise mats in a fitness studio.
Can’t Do a Hollow Body Hold? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
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Person wearing purple sports bra and black leggings performing side Copenhagen plank in gym
The Copenhagen Plank Is the One Move You Need for Stronger Abs and Thighs
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Person with a shaved head does the plank tuck outdoors on a blacktop
This Plank Variation Targets Multiple Core Muscles and Doubles as Cardio
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Person wearing a green T-shirt and shorts doing a standing core workout for people with back pain
A 10-Minute Standing Core Workout for People With Back Pain
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This 20-Minute Standing Abs Workout Will Improve Your Balance and Posture
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Person wearing a yellow sports bra, leggings and white sneakers doing a bicycle crunch on exercise mat
How to Do a Bicycle Crunch for a Strong, Stable Core
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This 20-Minute Pilates Ball Workout Levels Up Your Ab Workouts
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Man in a white shirt with red stripes and black shorts with feet balancing on a blue stability ball, performing a plank during a stability ball workout at home
A 20-Minute Stability-Ball Workout That's Way Harder Than Your Usual Ab Workout
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Person in workout clothes sitting in chair doing a seated core workout
A 10-Minute Seated Core Workout for People With Back Pain
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Personal trainer in teal leggings and a black tank top demonstrating how to do the mountain climber exercise, while another trainer in a teal top and black leggings shows how to do incline mountain climbers
The Only 4 Exercises You Need for More Intense Ab Workouts
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Personal trainer in teal leggings and a black tank top demonstrating how to do the bird-dog exercise, while another trainer in a teal top and black leggings shows how to do a modified version
Strengthen Your Entire Core With This Quick, 4-Move Body-Weight Workout
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older couple doing a seated core workout on chairs
A 20-Minute Seated Core Workout for Older Adults
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older couple doing a incline push-up and core exercises for seniors on a bench in the park
The Best Ab Exercises for a Strong Core If You're Over 50
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person doing plank hip dips on a yellow exercise mat in a living room
How to Do Plank Hip Dips for a Super-Strong Core
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Woman Doing a 5-Minute Ab Workout In Bed at Home
A 5-Minute Ab Workout You Can Do in Bed
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Man doing a bird dog exercise on a yoga mat platform near a lake and field
A Quick, 10-Minute Ab Workout for People With Back Pain
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illustration of a person doing the heel touch exercise against a blue background
How to Do the Heel Touch for Stronger and More Sculpted Obliques
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Pregnant Black woman doing ab exercises to prevent diastasis recti on a blue Swiss ball at the gym
6 Pregnancy-Safe Core Exercises to Help Prevent Diastasis Recti
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young fit man doing a resistance band pallof press outside
The Only 20-Minute Core Workout You'll Ever Need
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Woman Lying On her Back With Ball Between Knees Doing Bridge
A 10-Minute Core-Strengthening Workout That's Safe With Diastasis Recti
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woman doing a leg raise abdominal exercise on an exercise mat in her living room
This 20-Minute Ab Workout Loosens Tight Hips
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illustration of a person doing the kettlebell windmill exercise on a teal background
How to Do the Windmill Exercise for Next-Level Core and Shoulder Strength
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The Only At-Home Core Workout You'll Ever Need, No Gear Required
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The Pallof Press Is the Best Core Exercise You're Not Doing
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black woman in a pink sports bra doing a plank to knee tuck as part of a 30-minute core workout
This 30-Minute Core Workout Is Key to Strong, Defined Abs
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Person wearing purple sports bra and leggings exercising in their living room doing lower abs exercises for pelvic floor strength
This 20-Minute Lower Ab Workout Will Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor
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woman doing the plank to pike jump exercise in front of a window
How to Do the Plank to Pike Jump for Sculpted Abs and Cardio
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Woman athlete during calistyoung caucasian woman doing an l-sit hold on bars outside
How to Master the L-Sit for Strong, Sculpted Abs
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illustration of a person doing a frog crunch
How to Do Frog Crunches for Sculpted Upper and Lower Abs
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certified trainer stacey zielinski demonstrates hollow body hold progression with dumbbells
8 Hollow Body Hold Progressions to Level Up Your Core Workouts
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How to Do the Hollow Body Hold for a Stronger, More Stable Core
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Focused senior man doing an ab workout in a gym
The Best 2-in-1 Ab Exercises for a Super Efficient Core Workout
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A 20-Minute Ab Workout to Strengthen Your Core With Just a Single Dumbbell
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Asian woman doing a butterfly crunch in the park
This Crunch Variation Will Light Up Your Core and Stretch Your Inner Thighs
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The 8 Best Dead Bug Variations for a Strong, Healthy Core
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This Low-Impact Fat-Burning Workout Takes Just 20 Minutes
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person doing a dumbbell ab workout in her living room
The Only 4 Ab Moves You Need for the 30-Day Dumbbell Challenge
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blonde woman wearing blue leggings and doing leg raise ab exercise
This 20-Minute Superset Ab Workout Will Burn Fat and Strengthen Your Core
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Man doing side plank with mini resistance band
The 5 Hardest Ab Exercises You Can Do With a Mini Band
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woman doing stability ball leg raises in the gym
How to Do Leg Raises for Strong, Sculpted Lower Abs
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Mature Man Stretching at Home on Exercise Mat
The Challenging Plank Variation That Fires Up Your Shoulders and Your Butt
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Toes Hurt During Planks? Here Are 6 Ways to Ease the Ache
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athletic man in sportswear practicing side plank and looking at laptop
The 5-Minute Daily Core Workout
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young latin woman with vitiligo doing a plank on her elbows
Elbows Hurt From Planking? Here Are 7 Ways to Ease the Discomfort
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Core exercise ( Russian twist )  with weight plates
5 Russian Twist Variations That’ll Set Your Obliques on Fire
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man and woman doing incline plank on park bench
The 5 Best Core Exercises for Beginners, According to a Trainer
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The Windshield Wiper Exercise Takes Your Ab Workouts to the Next Level
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Young Male Athlete Practicing Push-Ups At Home
Do This Plank Variation Every Day for Core Strength and Hip Mobility
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5 Mistakes That Make Russian Twists Less Effective (and Potentially Painful)
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Woman holding side plank pose during home workout
Can’t Hold a Side Plank for 30 Seconds? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
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Man doing a side plank during morning workout at home
Struggling With Side Planks? 6 Exercises to Help You Improve
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Young strong muscular caucasian sportswoman in sportswear with ponytail lying on the mat and doing cycling cross crunches.
6 Mistakes That Make Bicycle Crunches Less Effective
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Try This 5-Minute Plank Workout Finisher to Get More From Your Abs Workouts
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person holding forearm plank exercise at home for 30 seconds
How Long Do You Really Need to Hold a Plank?
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Man doing a side plank in front of brick wall, Wapping, London, UK
The One Small Change That Makes Side Planks Way More Effective
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The 6 Hardest Ab Exercises You Can Do With a Single Dumbbell
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Adult man does a side plank pose during yoga workout at home office
The 4 Hardest Plank Variations to Challenge Your Entire Core
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Man uses laptop while performing a forearm plank
Struggling With Planks? These 5 Exercises Help You Ace Them
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woman doing a plank kettlebell exercise on a teal yoga mat at home
The 5 Hardest Kettlebell Exercises for Sculpted Abs
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black woman working out her obliques with a green long-looped resistance band in her living room
The 7 Best Oblique Exercises That Aren't Side Planks
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Strong mature woman holds plank position
Planks vs. Crunches: Which Ab Exercise Is Better for a Stronger Core?
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illustration of a person doing the dead bugs exercise to strengthen the core
Struggling With Dead Bugs? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
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Young woman doing plank exercise in font of laptop at home
This 10-Minute Plank-a-Thon Workout Will Set Your Abs on Fire
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man doing forearm plank for core workout for constipation with tablet at home
Struggling to Poop? Try These 3 Core Workouts to Get Things Moving
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