You probably know that strengthening your core is important, but do you know how to activate your core properly? Find out.

Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. Your core is the central part ...

The advice is common — and vague. Here’s how to do it properly. By Hilary Achauer When I began weight lifting in my late 30s, my coaches often gave me a somewhat baffling cue. “Engage your core,” they ...

Core training has been a buzz phrase in fitness for a couple of decades, and there is no shortage of exercise routines that emphasize strengthening the muscles around your mid-section. Muscles such as ...

If you’re like most people, when you hear the word core, you probably think of six-pack abs. But your core is so much more than that — it’s the powerhouse that stabilizes, supports and moves you ...

In the second of a five-part series, Dana Santas shows how building strength in the side abdominal muscles can improve stability in movement and reduce low back pain.

Our core is an area we are constantly working — whether it's during a workout, maintaining our balance when walking or stabilizing us during daily movement. Despite how much we use the core, ...

Do you do regular ab workouts, but fail to see results? Are you struggling with low back pain? What about poor posture? Well, the most likely cause of all three of these problems is not knowing how to ...

Body-weight exercises include push-ups, squats, planks, and walking lunges. They are helpful for building functional strength and muscle.

So long as you’ve built up some baseline level of mind-body connection, you might have a sound idea of which muscles you’re tapping during a specific exercise. You know that, for instance, deadlifts ...