While you can work your abs lying down, the most effective core exercises are functional moves done standing. Functional exercises mimic everyday moves and easily translate to real-life activities.

For a strong, functional core that stabilises your spine and reduces injury risk, you need more than crunches. Ideally, your midsection should be trained across all three planes of movement — sagittal ...

In this workout, we’ll work on core dynamic function, emphasizing the side abdominals job throughout exercises that involve transferring the forces between the lower and upper extremities. Cable Wood ...

The wood chop is a favorite exercise among trainers. In fact, it's celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson's favorite core exercise and is fast becoming one of ours, too. The wood chop really works the abs ...