Bicep, Butt and Ab Blaster: Use 5- to 8-pound free weights. Standing with right foot on the ground, bring left leg forward into a knee raise at a 90-degree angle. Holding one weight in each hand, ...

Planks and deadbugs may be super effective for your core, but if you suffer from neck, shoulder or lower back pain, the chances are these are just going to exacerbate this. That doesn’t mean training ...

Ham, a PT and women's strength coach, says standing ab exercises are the floor-free way to train your core muscles and improve fitness ...

You might be used to hitting the floor to train your abs. But don't think the floor is your only option. In fact, adding standing core exercises could be the ticket to a stronger, more efficient ...

To mix things up, I rolled my best yoga mat away and tried this 10-minute standing ab workout, designed by YouTube trainers Juice and Toya. The result? I was surprised by how much my abs ached after ...

Weighted ab workouts are growing in popularity, and for good reason. They promise to build stronger, more defined abs than bodyweight training alone, and crucially, the science backs this up. Studies ...

Ab exercises tend to conjure up images of endless sit-ups, leg lifts on a mat and planks. While these movements have their place, standing ab exercises work your core muscles more closely to how they ...

We love a plank hold as much as the next girl, and we’ll bicycle kick our way through just about anything. But if you’re looking for new ways to work your core that don’t involve face planting ...

Forget dropping to the floor for endless crunches. Celebrity trainers have discovered that some of the most effective core-strengthening moves actually happen while standing up. These expert-approved ...

Real talk: The waistline can be an incredibly stubborn and tricky area of the body to shape up. But rest assured, with the ...