A plank is more difficult than it looks. You have to use all of your muscle groups, including your core, abs, arms, back, shoulders, glutes and legs. It’s normal to struggle to do a plank. Many of my ...

Ready for a challenge? Grab a medicine ball and try the juggling plank, which might just be the hardest upper body exercise you'll do all week. There’s no easy plank. That’s a fact. Whether you’re on ...

The world of fitness has crowned a new champion in core training, and it’s not the traditional sit-up. The plank, a deceptively simple exercise, has captured the attention of fitness enthusiasts ...

If you frequent the gym, you’ve probably seen a Bosu ball or two stacked up amongst the free weights and resistance bands. But if you’ve steered clear for fear of not knowing how to properly use one, ...

A plank is more difficult than it looks. You have to use all of your muscle groups, including your core, abs, arms, back, shoulders, glutes and legs. It’s normal to struggle to do a plank. Many of my ...

The plank works the entire body — the core, abs, arms, back, shoulders, glutes and lower body, and it can help with back pain. I recommend that my clients include this low-impact exercise regularly in ...

Runners tend to think of instability as a condition to avoid or a problem to solve, but adding a dose of wobbliness to your workout is actually beneficial. And one of the best ways to (literally) ...

There are so many exercises you can use a stability ball for, especially when it comes to targeting your core. Why? Because this fitness tool, otherwise known as an exercise or Swiss ball, challenges ...

Nikki Metzger is Women's Health's Next Fitness Star winner and the creator of the heart-pumping, cal-torching fitness method you'll find in her Ignite routine. I'm obsessed with training with the BOSU ...

Consider the plank. Not the pirate variety, not the kind into which you hammer nails, not the kind on which salmon rests while being grilled. Instead, The Plank. The looks-easy-but-isn't exercise that ...