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 ...

Sit or stand upright. 2. Squeeze your shoulder blades together as if holding a pencil between them. 3. Hold for 5 seconds, then release. 4. Perform 10 repetitions. Incorporating these exercises ...

Place your hands by your temples, with your elbows pointing out to the side. Lift your left knee, and at the same time, bend ...

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.