Bored of crunches? These three movements will immediately upgrade your core workouts

Man exercising at home, wearing blue T-shirt and gray exercise pants. He is in a high plank position, lifting a dumbbell to his torso .

Core workouts can feel a little uninspiring at times. And frankly, doing hundreds of sit-ups and crunches can put you off exercising altogether.

Good news, then, that training flexion—which is what crunches and sit-ups do—is only one element of core training.