Whether you’re trying to tone up for beach season or simply to improve your core strength, a solid ab workout routine is essential. Although you can do core exercises with little more than a mat, many ...

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Ellipticals, captain's chairs, and the decline bench are just a few of the best gym machines for ab strength. Here's your ...

While muscle groups like the chest, biceps, and glutes tend to get an abundance of attention, no strong physique is complete without a well-developed back. All too often, however, we overlook back ...

I often have clients call attention to the lower abs as a place they would like to tone. I always remind them that strengthening this area is important beyond aesthetics because strong ab muscles ...

Most people agree—aside from building bigger arms and bulging pecs, there's nothing that screams I'm in shape than abs. While a six-pack starts in the kitchen (even more so for an eight-pack), cable ...

Today, let's unravel a common gym conundrum: is it a good idea to kick off our workout routine with an intense ab session?

Which back machines are best? There are many exercise machines designed to work the neck, arms and upper back, but there is one piece of equipment that focuses on your lower core muscles — a back ...

Helen O'Leary, director and clinical director at Complete Pilates explains that the reformer consists of a “sliding flat ...

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An abdominal hernia is when an internal organ, often the intestines or bladder, pokes through the wall of muscle that usually keeps it in. Most are inguinal hernias (occurring in the lower abdominal ...