Sit-ups and crunches both target your core muscles, but work differently. You can use both exercises to build strength, endurance, and control.

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The sit-up has dominated workout routines for decades, but fitness professionals increasingly question whether this familiar movement deserves its place in modern training programs. The issue isn’t ...

Sit-ups often come to mind when you think about working your abs or strengthening your core. It’s one of the most old-school, well-known exercises for ab-shredding, but recently, it’s become less and ...

We’ve been on a sit-up alternative mission lately, giving as many options as possible for exercisers who either don’t want them or can’t do them for whatever reason. I still hear the question going ...

When most people think of core exercises, they think crunches and sit-ups – possibly because the tactical professions have used them for decades. But given recent changes in military testing, the next ...

If your core workouts are feeling stale, add some variety to your training sessions by introducing the sprinter bridge, which ...

Physical trainers and rehabilitation specialists are increasingly focusing on a critical but often neglected muscle group that could be the key to improved core strength, better posture, and reduced ...

“Core work” often gets lumped in with ab exercises, but for runners, the core does far more than help with sit-ups. These ...

Many think of the practice as stretching, but deep core exercises in yoga are one of the "most powerful ways to build ...