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Goodbye crunches and sit-ups — these 3 exercises target your 'deep core' muscles to strengthen your pelvic floor and stabilize your spine

Building a strong core means far more than just flattening your stomach or sculpting visible abs. Your deep core refers to a group of muscles that stabilize your spine, pelvis, and internal organs, ...

No sit-ups or crunches, this is the simple Pilates exercise I use to sculpt all of the muscles in my core

Credit: I’ve been doing Pilates for the past decade, and credit it with getting me to the start line of six marathons injury ...

Sit-ups vs crunches: The core exercise that actually builds stronger abs

Both work your abs, but in different ways ...

No planks or sit-ups: This 5-minute Pilates routine targets your deep core to build strength and stability

Here are the four exercises to try.
The Jamaica Observer

Sit-ups: Simple moves for serious core power

SIT-UPS are one of those exercises that refuse to die. They’ve been praised, blamed, cancelled, revived and still show up in boot camps, military tests, and random living room workouts everywhere. So ...

‘Why I stopped doing sit-ups and started doing these 5 simple core exercises instead’

This is your sign to switch up your core routine ...

The number of sit-ups you should be able to do, according to your age

There’s been a lot of debate of late about whether sit-ups are good or bad for us. Some claim they’re key for strengthening ...