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Goodbye crunches and sit-ups — these 3 exercises target your 'deep core' muscles to strengthen your pelvic floor and stabilize your spine

Building a strong core means far more than just flattening your stomach or sculpting visible abs. Your deep core refers to a group of muscles that stabilize your spine, pelvis, and internal organs, ...

No sit-ups or crunches, this is the simple Pilates exercise I use to sculpt all of the muscles in my core

Think about squeezing your core, bracing your abdominal muscles as if you were to be punched in the stomach. Moving slowly ...

Sit-ups vs. crunches—here’s which is better

Plus, which move is more effective for strong abs.

‘Why I stopped doing sit-ups and started doing these 5 simple core exercises instead’

Want to run better? Stop doing sit-ups – here are five expert-recommended functional core movements to do instead.
The Jamaica Observer

Sit-ups: Simple moves for serious core power

SIT-UPS are one of those exercises that refuse to die. They’ve been praised, blamed, cancelled, revived and still show up in boot camps, military tests, and random living room workouts everywhere. So ...

Why I Stopped Doing Sit-Ups and Started Doing These Core Exercises Instead

Exercises like dead bugs help lengthen and strengthen the hip flexors in a controlled position, which improves form and can help offset the effects of sitting too much, adds Dickinson. Lie faceup, ...