While sit-ups and crunches are an effective way to train your core, you can work your abs just as well with a standing abs workout, and this 12-minute dumbbell workout not only hits the core but also the major muscle groups in your upper and lower body.
The advantages of standing workouts are that they are easier to follow without having to get up and down, and while having a yoga mat to stand on is useful, it’s not as essential as when you’re doing a workout with floor-based exercises.
