6 Core Exercises You Haven't Tried Yet (They're Not Crunches)

You can crunch all day long, but that one abdominal move isn't going to get you a toned, flat stomach. Here are some advanced exercises that will really torch your abs and core muscles!

• Lie on your back and press your lower back into the floor. Inhale.
• Slowly exhale and extend your arms and legs out, keeping both off the floor.
• The key here is to exhale fully and keep pressing your lower back into the floor. The slower you exhale, the more tension in your abs

This great exercise combines core training and conditioning. Simply grab a pair of heavy dumbbells or kettlebells, press one overhead, carry the second one in the other hand and go for a walk. Make sure your hips stay level, back remains neutral, and the holding arm is perfectly straight. Switch arms and repeat.

• Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and press the weights overhead.
• Keeping a straight back, lean to your right as far as is comfortable.
• Keep your arms straight at all times. Elbows unlocked.
• Return to the start position and repeat on your left.

• Hold a medicine ball and adopt the “power stance,” as though you're about to drop into a squat.
• Lift the medicine ball up overhead rapidly and inhale. It's okay if you raise up on your toes.
• Exhale sharply and slam the medicine ball back into the ground with force, put your whole body into the action!
• Pick up and repeat.

• Adopt a plank position with your hands on the boards
• Slide one arm forward as far as you can go whilst flexing the other arm as though you’re performing a push-up.
• Keep your body level: no popping the hips up and no twisting!
• Slide the extended arm back and push up with the flexed arm to return to the start position.
• You can modify the exercise to make it easier by starting on your knees.

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