When it comes to working your abs, not all exercises are created equal. While sit-ups and crunches feature heavily in a lot of the best ab workouts out there, they’re not actually the best when it comes to targeting the muscles in your midsection.
As our resident personal trainer Sam Hopes explains, “Ab workouts are great at strengthening the muscle groups that make up your core musculature, but you could also build core strength and hit various other muscles using compound exercises. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, you won’t be with the moves — a compound move simply refers to a multi-joint, multi-muscle exercises like squats and push-ups and can be done with or without weights at home or in your gym.”
