Abdominals
The abdominal muscles run along the front of the trunk. They stabilise the spine, transfer force between the upper and lower body and protect the lower back. Core training is more than crunches: planks, leg raises and rotations each train a different job. Two or three sessions a week is plenty, and controlled reps beat high counts. Pick any exercise from the list below to see photos and step-by-step instructions.
93 exercises
- 3/4 Sit-Up
- Ab Crunch Machine
- Ab Roller
- Advanced Kettlebell Windmill
- Air Bike
- Alternate Heel Touchers
- Barbell Ab Rollout
- Barbell Ab Rollout - On Knees
- Barbell Rollout from Bench
- Barbell Side Bend
- Bent-Knee Hip Raise
- Bent Press
- Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends
- Bottoms Up
- Butt-Ups
- Cable Crunch
- Cable Judo Flip
- Cable Reverse Crunch
- Cable Russian Twists
- Cable Seated Crunch
- Cocoons
- Cross-Body Crunch
- Crunch - Hands Overhead
- Crunch - Legs On Exercise Ball
- Crunches
- Dead Bug
- Decline Crunch
- Decline Oblique Crunch
- Decline Reverse Crunch
- Double Kettlebell Windmill
- Dumbbell Side Bend
- Elbow to Knee
- Exercise Ball Crunch
- Exercise Ball Pull-In
- Flat Bench Leg Pull-In
- Flat Bench Lying Leg Raise
- Frog Sit-Ups
- Gorilla Chin/Crunch
- Hanging Leg Raise
- Hanging Pike
- Jackknife Sit-Up
- Janda Sit-Up
- Kettlebell Figure 8
- Kettlebell Pass Between The Legs
- Kettlebell Windmill
- Knee/Hip Raise On Parallel Bars
- Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists
- Landmine 180's
- Leg Pull-In
- Lower Back Curl
- Medicine Ball Full Twist
- Oblique Crunches
- Oblique Crunches - On The Floor
- One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends
- One-Arm Medicine Ball Slam
- Otis-Up
- Overhead Stretch
- Pallof Press
- Pallof Press With Rotation
- Plank
- Plate Twist
- Press Sit-Up
- Reverse Crunch
- Rope Crunch
- Russian Twist
- Scissor Kick
- Seated Barbell Twist
- Seated Flat Bench Leg Pull-In
- Seated Leg Tucks
- Seated Overhead Stretch
- Side Bridge
- Side Jackknife
- Sit-Up
- Sledgehammer Swings
- Smith Machine Hip Raise
- Spell Caster
- Spider Crawl
- Standing Cable Lift
- Standing Cable Wood Chop
- Standing Lateral Stretch
- Standing Rope Crunch
- Stomach Vacuum
- Supine One-Arm Overhead Throw
- Supine Two-Arm Overhead Throw
- Suspended Fallout
- Suspended Reverse Crunch
- Toe Touchers
- Torso Rotation
- Tuck Crunch
- Weighted Ball Side Bend
- Weighted Crunches
- Weighted Sit-Ups - With Bands
- Wind Sprints