Why: The bicycle crunch challenges your rectus abdominis (the outer six-pack core muscles) and your obliques, as well as the hip flexors and glutes. Doing the exercise standing up is easier on your ...

A strong core is key to performing everyday activities safely and effectively — and it's more than just your abdominals.

Bored with mat-based ab workouts? Standing exercises can offer the long-awaited variety you need! Photo: Getty Images Today, ab workouts are on the agenda—so it’s time to hit the mat and get started, ...

As you pass 50, your body doesn’t bounce back the same way it used to. Strength training, consistent activity, and recovery ...

Standing ab exercises offer a functional and comfortable way to strengthen your core, improve posture, and boost balance, ...

Ab exercises tend to conjure up images of endless sit-ups, leg lifts on a mat and planks. While these movements have their place, standing ab exercises work your core muscles more closely to how they ...

Skip the floor work. Try 5 standing exercises that target your lower abs, improve balance, and burn fat after 50.

A trained core not only results in abs and a slim waist. It also makes all other movements easier—from fitness exercises for ...

Forget dropping to the floor for endless crunches. Celebrity trainers have discovered that some of the most effective core-strengthening moves actually happen while standing up. These expert-approved ...

Denise Austin just shared a core exercise on Instagram. The 67-year-old demonstrated a “great exercise that you can do standing up” to “tone and tighten” the abs. The standing crunch variation is ...

In the Instagram workout video he posted, Vinod Channa showed some abs exercises you can try from the comfort of your home, without even having to stand up.