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Forget sit-ups and crunches! I did these 3 standing ab exercises instead, and here's what happened to my core strength and spine

When you hear "ab workout," your mind probably goes to sit-ups and crunches, lying on your back. Yet research shows that these aren’t actually the best exercises for targeting the muscles in your ...

I tried this 10-minute standing dumbbell ab workout — here's what happened to my core

This workout involves a lot of standing side crunches and woodchop moves, and I really felt it in my obliques by the end of the 10 minutes. The obliques are the muscles that run along the side of your ...