Start in a standing position with feet hip-wide and with the medicine ball overhead with arms fully extended up. Begin by squatting down, bending at the knees while bringing the ball down between the ...

Start with your feet shoulder-width distance apart and a medicine ball in your arms and up and out to your right at eye level (A). Simultaneously step out to the left into a lateral lunge while ...

Doing ab exercises with just your body weight can be challenging in itself. But when you bring extra pounds into the equation, it's a whole new kind of burn. As celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson told ...

You are living in the fitness stone age if you are still running on a treadmill or holding static stretches to warm-up for your workout or sporting event. I think of the dynamic warm-up as fitness ...

Core exercises used to be my favorite, but hours of virtual mat workouts later, I never want to hear “do a round of crunches” ever again. The good news is reaching for the humble medicine ball is a ...

The core holds the body in alignment and allows the extremities to move in a more efficient and effective manner. Core conditioning is the act of strengthening the muscles of the abdominals and torso.

A few weeks ago, I was a presenter at the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) national conference in San Diego. The meeting featured more than 100 educational ...

If you're a person who loves working your abs because you get to lie down on a mat, this post may not be for you. We've rounded up our favorite standing ab exercises to show you how to work your abs ...

Hold a medicine ball (or dumbbell) with both hands next to your right hip and stand with your feet hip-width apart. Keeping your chest upright, sit your hips back and bend your knees to lower into a ...