While the plank is an excellent core exercise, several other options can strengthen your core. You can do these bodyweight exercises anywhere, and they don’t require equipment.

The Pallof press is a core exercise that works all the ab muscles, as well as your glutes and back. It may be more effective than a plank because it creates less strain on the wrists and lower back.

Trim love handles in 30 days with 5 bodyweight moves that target obliques, rotation, and deep core tension after 45.

A smarter way to train your core for daily life, lifting, carrying, and long-term spinal health—without lying on the floor ...

Staying strong after 65 carries a whole new meaning. Rather than focusing on how much weight you can lift, the focus shifts to how well your body moves, stabilizes, and supports itself. That all ...

Bodyweight exercises after 45 that build strength fast, from CSCS Jarrod Nobbe, with form tips and progressions.

A plank is a core exercise that requires glute and leg strength, as well as shoulder stability. To hold a plank, you need to keep your spine neutral and support it with your abdominal muscles. That ...

If you’ve grown bored of your basic mat routine for core workouts, incorporating resistance band ab exercises can help you switch it up and even intensify your results. The versatile, simple, and ...

Basketball is the sport I grew up playing the most back in the 1970s. But these days, whenever I play with a 40-and-older group (what I call the “belly-bumper” crowd) the game becomes far less ...