Building a lean, toned core goes beyond traditional crunches; it's about engaging all core muscles to burn calories and support overall stability. Using a stability ball is an excellent way to target ...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment of an eight-week series geared toward helping Renew readers prepare their bodies and minds to return to normal life this summer, as the pandemic wanes.

If you want to strengthen your core, doing hundreds of crunches won't help. In fact, you should stop doing crunches because they aren't good for your back. If you want a strong core, you've got to ...

Celebrity trainer Don Saladino doesn’t like crunches. Instead, he prefers to “stir the pot," which refers to a total-body plank variation that is much tougher than its cooking-inspired name might ...

“You can’t fire a cannon from a canoe,” said the late Canadian strength coach and author Charles Poliquin. In other words, it doesn’t matter how strong you are if you don’t have a solid base to ...

Medicine ball Russian twists are great for working the obliques and strengthening the core. Sit back-to-back with your ...