Tip: Try This Gut-Punch of an Ab Exercise
This ab exercise will make you feel like you just got a fist in your breadbasket, but it'll really build your abs.
December 29
The Very Best Upper-Body Exercise
Nail your lats, chest, triceps, delts, and abs with one exercise. Here are 8 new and improved ways to do it.
December 27
Tip: The Medball Ab Rollout
This tough rollout variation will nail your core and your lats. Do 3 to 6 sets of 5 to 8 rolls.
December 26
Tip: Vertical Pallof Press
Think of this exercise as a kind of standing ab rollout. Great for overall core strength.
December 25
Tip: The Body Saw
Nail your core and strengthen your serratus with this tougher-than-it-looks exercise.
December 23
Tip: The Barbell Ab Rollout
Make the ab rollout even better by lifting your feet up. This takes the hamstrings out of the movement and makes your core work harder.
December 22
Tip: V-Sit Crunch
This bent-knee variation works best for most people because it keeps the hip flexors from taking over.
December 21
Tip: The Modified Pike
Place your elbows on a bench and allow a bit of bending in the knees for better activation and results.
December 16
Tip: The Right and Wrong Way to Cable Crunch
Wickedly effective ab exercise, if you're doing it correctly. You're probably not. Here's the definitive guide.
December 15
Tip: The Complete Guide to Ab Wheel Rollouts
There are two correct ways to do this exercise, then there's the way most people do it. Know the difference.
December 12
Tip: The 15 Second Core Workout
If you can do this exercise for 15 seconds per set, you're pretty awesome. Check it out.
December 8
Tip: Supine Stir the Pot
This spine-friendly variation of the stir-the-pot exercise (normally done on a stability ball) fires up those deep core muscles often missed by most ab exercises.
December 6
4 Great Ab Exercises Nobody Does Right
These popular core exercises are highly effective... if you do them right. Not many people do. Check your form here.
December 5
Tip: Strengthen Your Deep Core Muscles
A weak core makes you weak all over, and ab crunches aren't enough. Try this exercise.
November 14
Tip: Split-Stance One-Arm Dumbbell Press
Build head-to-toe stability and balance along with strong, muscular shoulders. Do 3-4 sets of 8-12 reps with a slow tempo.
November 3
Tip: Inverted Sit-Ups and Squats
Two old-school exercises that are worth trying out. Check 'em out.
November 2
Tip: Accentuated Crunches on the Bench
Resistances plus eccentric loading: this advanced exercise will hit your abs in whole new way.
October 27
Tip: The Single-Arm Pullover
This variation of the pullover will build core strength in a whole new way. NFL athlete Fernando Velasco demonstrates.
October 22
Tip: The Hardstyle Side Plank
Get better at bracing, get better at lifting. Think of this as the RKC version of the side plank.
October 16
Tip: Neutral Grip Single-Arm Dumbbell Bench Press
If you can bench press two 90 pound dumbbells, you should be able to single-arm bench press a 90 pound dumbbell. If not, your core is too weak.