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The 30-Minute Dumbbell Power Workout
Read More: The 30-Minute Dumbbell Power WorkoutIf you’re short on time, equipment, or both, I have something spicy for you. This full-body, dumbbell-only workout is fast and furious and keeps your heart rate and engagement high. Dumbbells are so versatile and extremely functional, allowing for range of motion in several planes. Dumbbells also allow for full-body compound movements, even when you…
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2 Simple Moves to Build Core Strength
Read More: 2 Simple Moves to Build Core StrengthIf you’re a fitness junkie (guilty!), you know how important it is to build core strength for your favorite heavy lifts like squats, deadlifts and lunges. While these big moves do build core strength on their own, adding extra core work to your routine can make a huge difference in lifting form and personal records. …
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The Back-to-Basics Core Workout
Read More: The Back-to-Basics Core Workout“Too much of a good thing” is an old trope for a reason — it happens all the time in life. A slice of birthday cake? Good. Blowing through a whole sheet cake by yourself while fretting over . . . well, everything going off the rails in the world today? Bad. Very bad. So…
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Cathy Serif’s Ab-Wheel Workout
Read More: Cathy Serif’s Ab-Wheel WorkoutThe ab wheel does what not many ab exercises can do — it works the entire core. When you perform movements on the wheel correctly, you activate your abs, glutes, lower back muscles and obliques as one unit. The truth is, however, it’s difficult to master the ab wheel. Oxygen Ambassador Cathy Serif knows this…
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7 Yoga Poses to Work Those Easily Overlooked Lower Abs
Read More: 7 Yoga Poses to Work Those Easily Overlooked Lower AbsIn yoga, we often talk about strengthening our core, but what does that mean, exactly? Oftentimes, when people are searching for poses to work their abs, they’re looking to achieve that coveted six-pack or V-cut. But all that is just aesthetics. Having a strong core has benefits that extend far beyond the way you look…
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Holiday High-Intensity Ab Circuit
Read More: Holiday High-Intensity Ab CircuitEveryone knows about Santa Claus holds his big old belly when he gives a hearty, jolly laugh. While humor and holiday cheer may not be our expertise, we’re real good at giving you something else that’ll make you clutch your abs. Oxygen Ambassador Tanya Lehman delivers, not a big bag of gifts, but an ab…
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The Partner Ab Workout for Core Strength and Stability
Read More: The Partner Ab Workout for Core Strength and StabilityAbdominal training tends to be a lonely endeavor. We’ll do bench presses, seated presses, squats and even curls with someone in tow who can give a spot and motivate us past sticking points — but then we take our mat and tuck off to a corner by ourselves to pump out sets of crunches, leg…
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6 Plank Variations for a Killer Core Workout
Read More: 6 Plank Variations for a Killer Core WorkoutEven if you’re the most disciplined lifter around, it can be tough to make the humble plank exercise fun. Many would even argue that nothing makes time go by more slowly than holding a plank. There’s also a common misconception that the indicator of a solid plank is simply being able to perform them for…
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The ‘Wheel’ Deal on Ab Wheels
Read More: The ‘Wheel’ Deal on Ab WheelsThere’s a saying that “nothing good happens after 2 a.m.” It’s usually uttered as a warning about staying out too late — but even if you’re at home, chillin’ on your couch, bad things can happen, too. For instance, you could get caught up in an infomercial selling you flat, toned abs: Just fork out…
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Oxygen Live Workout: Cardio Core Circuit With Janelle Trujillo
Read More: Oxygen Live Workout: Cardio Core Circuit With Janelle TrujilloRegister here for a live workout with Janelle Trujillo on October 27 at 12 p.m. EST (9 a.m. PST). Anyone can join! If you’re unable to attend this event live, we will post the workout here for on-demand viewing post-event. You already know that each week, we host live workouts for Outside+ members with coaches…
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Weighted Core Workout with Bethany Davis
Read More: Weighted Core Workout with Bethany DavisBethany Davis is a mom of five with a passion for partnering with those who are embarking on a journey to better health. She constructed this functional weighted core workout with a five-pound dumbbell, though you can use a plate or medicine ball, too. In this core routine, there are four movements. Davis recommends performing…
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The Dumbbell Core Workout for Tight, Toned Abs
Read More: The Dumbbell Core Workout for Tight, Toned Abs“Many people believe that their core is simply their abdominal ‘six-pack’ muscles, and to strengthen them, all they need are crunches,” says Teri Jory, Los Angeles–based personal trainer, professional ice skater, fourth-degree black belt and creator of the POISE method and the creator of the following dumbbell core workout. The reality of good core work…
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The Functional Kettlebell Core Workout
Read More: The Functional Kettlebell Core WorkoutYou could argue that no part of your body is more important to your body’s overall fitness and athletic performance than your core — and you’d be right. Your abs and lower back contribute to any exercise or physical activity you undertake, serving as a “power center” for every twist, turn, lift or leap you…
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Six-Pack Boot Camp: Fat-Burning, Abs-Sculpting Tabatas
Read More: Six-Pack Boot Camp: Fat-Burning, Abs-Sculpting TabatasThe leaner you are, the more visible your abs will be. Nutrition is the most important factor when it comes to losing body fat, but training plays a big role, too. And no training style is more effective for fat loss than high-intensity interval training, which consists of alternating bouts of all-out work with low…
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Six-Pack Boot Camp: Full-Body Weighted Core Routine
Read More: Six-Pack Boot Camp: Full-Body Weighted Core RoutineDumbbells and weight plates aren’t just for working big muscle groups like the legs, shoulders and back. The core also can benefit greatly from added resistance, even just light weights. That’s the premise of this particular Six-Pack Boot Camp workout, which consists of five weighted exercises using whatever equipment you have available — a light…
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Fitness Quest: Hike Mount Everest
Read More: Fitness Quest: Hike Mount EverestMount Everest is the tallest peak in the world, rising 29,029 feet above sea level; however, the route to the summit via Nepal is way longer than that, beginning in Lukla and winding its way up to the very top of the world (literally) — an estimated total distance of 52½ miles. You’d be nuts…
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The 100-V-In Fitness Quest: Midpoint Check-In
Read More: The 100-V-In Fitness Quest: Midpoint Check-InWe’re halfway through the month, so if you’ve been following along with the plan, you should be halfway through your V-In Fitness Quest! It may be a rest day in the overall plan, but you’re well on your way to those 100 straight reps. (You are keeping up, right? If not, you can always play catch-up…
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Oxygen Fitness Quest: 100 V-Ins
Read More: Oxygen Fitness Quest: 100 V-InsV-ins are one of those difficult exercises that even dedicated fitness enthusiasts might find themselves half-assing when they come up in a workout. If you’re one of them, we get it — they’re absolute core crushers. But if you do them properly and consistently, a stronger and more shredded core is all but guaranteed. Not…
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3 Standing Ab Exercises to Sculpt Your Core
Read More: 3 Standing Ab Exercises to Sculpt Your CoreIn daily life, you rarely find yourself crunching up off the floor to do, well, much of anything. And according to Chris Kolba, Ph.D., CSCS, physical therapist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, vertical training is a better route to a strong, toned core than crunching. “In most activities, the body is primarily…