Crunches
Curls your shoulders off the floor to work the front of your stomach. It's easier on your lower back than a full sit-up.
Dead Bugs
Moving opposite arm and leg while lying on your back teaches your trunk to stay still. That protects your lower back.
Heel Touches
Side-to-side reaches while lying on your back that work the sides of your waist with little strain on your neck.
Bicycle Crunches
A lying twist with a pedaling leg motion that works the front and sides of your waist together.
Bodyweight Russian Twists
A seated rotation that strengthens the sides of your waist for everyday turns, like reaching into the back seat.
Bodyweight Sit-Ups
Curls your torso all the way up from lying down. It builds the stomach strength you use to get out of bed.
Cable Kneeling Crunches
Curling against cable weight trains your abs like any other muscle, adding load bit by bit as you get stronger.
Captain's Chair Knee Raises
Builds stomach strength with your legs hanging free and your back supported, without getting down on the floor.
Flutter Kicks
Small, quick leg kicks while lying down, building lower-stomach endurance and the strength to hold your trunk steady.
Forearm Plank
Holds your body in one straight line. It trains your trunk to stay steady and protect your back while your arms and legs move.
Inchworms
A walk-out from standing to a plank and back. It stretches the back of your legs and wakes up your shoulders and trunk.
Lying Leg Raises
Your stomach muscles do the work of lifting and lowering both legs while you lie flat on your back.
Machine Crunches
Adds weight to the curling motion of your stomach, so you can build ab strength steadily while seated and supported.
Plank Shoulder Taps
Holding a high plank while you lift one hand at a time. It trains your trunk to stay steady while your body shifts.
Scissor Kicks
Crossing your raised legs over and under builds stomach endurance. It teaches your trunk to stay still while your legs move.
Seated Single-Leg Lifts Over Dumbbell
A seated move for the muscles that lift your legs. It helps with stairs, getting into a car and stepping over things.
Bodyweight Decline Sit-Ups
A tougher take on the classic stomach exercise. Your head is lower than your feet, so your abs work against gravity the whole way up.
Dumbbell Turkish Get-Ups
A step-by-step rise from lying to standing with a weight overhead, training balance and steady shoulders for real-life getting up.
Dumbbell Wood Chops
A diagonal chopping motion that strengthens the twisting muscles of your midsection for swinging, lifting and turning with control.
Forward-and-Back Bear Crawl
Crawling on hands and feet with your knees just off the ground, building full-body strength, stamina and coordination.
Kettlebell Turkish Get-Ups
A slow rise from lying to standing with a weight held overhead. It builds steady shoulders and the strength to get up off the floor.
Mountain Climbers
A fast running motion from a push-up position. It raises your heart rate while your trunk works to keep you steady.
Partner Leg Throw-Downs
A partner drill where you fight to stop your legs from being pushed down, building a strong, quick-reacting midsection.