Ready to torch your obliques? I added this simple standing ab exercise to my routine for a week. Here’s how I got on.

The fitness world has embraced a new champion in core training, and traditional sit-ups have taken a backseat. The plank, ...

Sit-ups tighten and tone the abdominal muscles that run from beneath the sternum to above the pelvis. This results in a flatter stomach and, if practised along with plenty of aerobic exercise ...

To ramp up the challenge, some of these moves incorporate a dumbbell, which not only increases difficulty but also helps ...

I don't have any real issue with sit-ups, but my tailbone isn't a fan ... As much as I wish it were that simple, I’ve been in the fitness game long enough to know that a few factors come ...

Farmer carries may be one of the most simple standing core exercises ... you are really engaging your obliques in a way that sit-ups and planks cannot do,” says Steve. Don’t be surprised ...

“I don’t rate sit-ups at all,” says Cody Lewin ... It may sound pretty simple, but your core will be working overtime to keep your body upright and to stop it from slumping to one side.

Chinta Ramana, Headmaster of a Zilla Parishad High School in Vizianagaram, did a bunch of sit-ups holding his ears in front of his students, questioning his ability to teach them anything.