The plank position is an exercise phenomenon. It only began showing up in mainstream fitness venues about 15 years ago, and yet these days it's rare to walk into a fitness center and not see some ...

Check out Women's Health's FitGIF Friday every week for fun and challenging new moves to make your sweat sesh really count. Here's this week's exercise: Lateral plank foot tap: A traditional plank ...

The aim of lateral exercises – or exercises that use muscles in a sideways fashion – is to strengthen lateral muscles, such as lateral glutes, lateral hip muscles, lateral core muscles etc. In turn, ...

Planks are pretty much your best friend when it comes to buiding badass core strength. But if you've ever worked 30- or 60-second timed planks into your routine, you know they can be pretty damn ...

My gym closed due to the pandemic, so I've been getting creative with workouts at home that are effective and quick (since I'm juggling working from home and taking care of the kids), and most ...

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.

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A step platform may be the most basic piece of fitness equipment in your fitness center, but also one of the most versatile. Made popular by the 1980s step-aerobics craze, step platforms have evolved ...

If you’re new to the lateral bear crawl, the exercise involves coming to your hands and knees and lifting your knees a few inches off the ground so that you’re balancing on the balls of your feet and ...