For an extra challenge, try holding a weight overhead. Instead of holding your legs at the top of the move — similar to the L-sit exercise — lift and lower your legs for 3-5 sets of 8-12 reps ...

From a sitting position, stagger your feet. Lean forward with your chest up. Push off with your back foot to a standing position using your thigh muscles and the muscles in your bottom. Take one step ...

It’s a common misconception that to target our core muscles the best exercises are those that require ... you are really engaging your obliques in a way that sit-ups and planks cannot do ...

If you’re bored of doing your regular sit-ups then take this as your sign to stop as, according to a personal trainer there are far better exercises out there that you can be doing.