Personal trainer shares 3 exercises you can do with a foam roller to strengthen your deep abs and boost posture

A woman's abs.

The best foam rollers are typically used to tease tension from tight muscles but can also be used to strengthen your core. If you don’t have other gym equipment like free weights, machines, or resistance bands to hand, why not use your foam roller instead?

Below, I cover three foam roller abs exercises that you can do to build pelvic stability and target the abs, particularly the deeper belt of transverse abdominal muscles that help stabilize and move your trunk. I’ve also whipped up a 15-minute abs workout you can do using the foam roller, including all three core exercises. Here they are.