If your back loses contact with the mat, you’ve lifted up your hips too far. Tilt your pelvis forward and crunch just far enough to have your tailbone lift off the ground.

To find the best workout mats, our expert testers in the Good Housekeeping Institute Textiles Lab and Wellness Lab reviewed 17 yoga mats and 11 exercise mats, measuring the thickness and weight of ...

The abdominal exercise builds stronger core muscles and primarily dials into the six-pack abs — the rectus abdominis. What’s the difference between a crunch and a sit-up?

According to a recent video, Dr Israetel has shared the best possible exercise for building your core, and it’s probably not ...

Common core-based exercises (like crunches, planks, and mountain climbers) are a natural fit for your yoga mat. You wouldn’t use equipment for them anyway, and they’re too uncomfortable to be ...

How to do a bicycle crunch Start on your back with your feet pressed into the floor, hip-width apart Suck your belly button towards your spine, place your hands lightly behind your head with your ...

Beginner Pilates Exercises for Core Strength Pilates is an especially renowned type of exercise for its core-strengthening benefits. Here, Melas shares her favorite Pilates ab exercises for beginners.

You don’t have to make yourself do crunches. These Pilates exercises have all the benefits of crunches and even more.

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In the workout below, Tamir demonstrates different variations of the crunch and the sit-up, including how to do both traditional moves properly. He says practicing cross-body exercises like the ...