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Jessica Downey

Forget sit-ups — a personal trainer shares 5 bodyweight moves you need to build a stronger core

A woman doing a crunch on a bench wearing a pink workout set.

Whether you want to strengthen your core for aesthetic reasons, improve athletic performance, or ease back pain, doing the right kind of moves is key to getting the most out of your training.

Fitness trainer James Stirling has shared the five bodyweight exercises he swears by for building a stronger core, and they are not the usual sit-ups and crunches that, let’s be honest, have been overdone in the world of ab workouts.

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