by admin | May 25, 2023 | Ab Workouts, Core Workouts, Fitness
If you want a strong, healthy core, cranking through a few sets of sit-ups isn’t gonna cut it. You need to incorporate a variety of sit-up alternatives into your fitness routine. It’s not that the traditional sit-up is bad, explains Mary Beth Rockwell, C.P.T.,...
by admin | May 24, 2023 | Ab Workouts, Arm Workouts, Core Workouts, Fitness
Climbing is one of the most challenging, all-over strengthening exercises you can do. But you don’t need to defy gravity to work your entire body at once. That’s the idea behind the mountain climbers exercise. Performed from a high-plank position, mountain climbers...
by admin | Feb 11, 2023 | Ab Workouts, crossfit, exercise guide, Exercise Guides, toes-to-bar, Train, training
Ask several people to describe the toe-to-bar movement and you’re likely to hear multiple descriptions of how the outcome should be accomplished. That is, actually getting one’s toes “to the bar.” You might think the exercise was relatively simple enough considering...
by admin | Oct 21, 2022 | Ab Workouts, Fitness
Whether you’re trying to fit in a quick gym session or you simply want to make your workout time as efficient as possible, you might wonder if you should do cardio or spend those precious minutes on core work. But what if you didn’t have to decide? What if you could...
by admin | Oct 19, 2022 | Ab Workouts, Fitness
If your go-to core workout includes all the same sit-ups and crunches you learned in middle school gym class, it’s probably time to shake things up. A good option for a new ab exercise? Vertical leg crunches. This challenging variation on the traditional crunch will...
by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Ab Workouts, Fitness
When it comes to carving your core, there are sit-ups, and then there are V sit-ups. An advanced core exercise, the V sit-up works the coveted rectus abdominis, or “six-pack,” muscles; the deep-lying transverse abdominis; the hip flexors; and the obliques on the sides...
