Confession: Despite my lengthy career as a fitness journalist and being well-versed in the health benefits of a strong core, I have not been consistent with training my abs for a while. (Hi, holidays ...

Better posture. Weak upper abs often result in poor posture and spinal misalignment, but by targeting these muscles, you can ...

ARE YOU SPENDING your summer crunching away, trying to get visible abs for the remainder of the sunny season? You can pile up all the situp reps you want, but you won't be much closer to the core ...

ARE YOU SPENDING your summer crunching away, trying to get visible abs for the remainder of the sunny season? You can pile up all the situp reps you want, but you won't be much closer to the core ...

CORE TRAINING IS far too often misunderstood. The default plan for lots of guys is to crank through situp reps—but that only trains one function of the core, trunk flexion, and it's easy to get sloppy ...

You don't need to do thousands of sit-ups or spend hours in the gym to build abs. You can instead do the bare minimum of two to three ab-focused exercises for 20 to 30 minutes a week. Exercises like ...