Core exercises
Your core's main job is to stop movement as much as to create it — keeping your trunk steady while your arms and legs work. That's why this list mixes dedicated trunk work with squats, hinges and presses that challenge your trunk along the way.
129 exercises
Main movers
- Ab CoasterBeginnerMachine
- Ab wheel rolloutAdvancedBodyweight
- Abdominal Crunch MachineBeginnerMachine
- Band-Resisted PlankIntermediateBand
- Banded Bird DogIntermediateBand
- Banded Dead BugBeginnerBand
- Barbell CrunchIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Front Rack CarryAdvancedBarbell
- Barbell Overhead CarryAdvancedBarbell
- Barbell RolloutIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Side BendIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Sit-UpIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Suitcase CarryAdvancedBarbell
- Bird dogBeginnerBodyweight
- Dead bugBeginnerBodyweight
- Dumbbell Good MorningIntermediateDumbbells
- Dumbbell Overhead ShrugIntermediateDumbbells
- Farmer carryBeginnerDumbbells
- Kneeling Abdominal Crunch MachineBeginnerMachine
- Landmine RotationIntermediateBarbell
- Machine Side BendIntermediateMachine
- Mountain climberBeginnerBodyweight
- Pallof pressBeginnerCable
- PlankBeginnerBodyweight
- Rotary Torso MachineIntermediateMachine
- Standing Barbell RolloutAdvancedBarbell
- Suitcase carryBeginnerDumbbells
Also worked
- Around-Back Band Chest PressBeginnerBand
- Band overhead pressBeginnerBand
- Band Reverse-Grip Chest PressIntermediateBand
- Band Romanian deadliftBeginnerBand
- Band single-arm rowBeginnerBand
- Band-Resisted Decline Push-UpIntermediateBand
- Band-Resisted Standard Push-UpIntermediateBand
- Barbell back squatIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Cuban PressIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Curtsy LungeAdvancedBarbell
- Barbell Good MorningIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell hip thrustIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell HoldBeginnerBarbell
- Barbell Lateral LungeIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Lateral Step-UpIntermediateBarbell
- Barbell Overhead ShrugAdvancedBarbell
- Barbell PulloverIntermediateBarbell
- Bodyweight good morningBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight reverse lungeBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight split squatBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight squatBeginnerBodyweight
- Bodyweight walking lungeIntermediateBodyweight
- Bulgarian split squatIntermediateDumbbells
- BurpeeIntermediateBodyweight
- Cable Good MorningIntermediateCable
- Cable pull-throughBeginnerCable
- Cable ShrugBeginnerCable
- Cable Split SquatIntermediateCable
- Cable SquatBeginnerCable
- Cable woodchopperIntermediateCable
- Cable Y RaiseIntermediateCable
- Cat-cow stretchBeginnerBodyweight
- Chin-upIntermediateBodyweight
- Close-grip push-upIntermediateBodyweight
- Copenhagen plankAdvancedBodyweight
- Decline push-upIntermediateBodyweight
- Dumbbell Curtsy LungeIntermediateDumbbells
- Dumbbell Hip HikeIntermediateDumbbells
- Dumbbell PulloverIntermediateDumbbells
- Dumbbell shoulder pressBeginnerDumbbells
- Feet-elevated pike push-upIntermediateBodyweight
- Fire HydrantBeginnerBodyweight
- Front squatAdvancedBarbell
- Glute bridgeBeginnerBodyweight
- Goblet squatBeginnerDumbbells
- Half-Kneeling Single-Arm Low-Anchor Band PressIntermediateBand
- Handstand ShrugAdvancedBodyweight
- Hanging leg raiseIntermediateBodyweight
- High kneesBeginnerBodyweight
- Hollow body holdIntermediateBodyweight
- Incline pike push-upBeginnerBodyweight
- Incline push-upBeginnerBodyweight
- Inverted rowBeginnerBarbell
- Jump squatIntermediateBodyweight
- Kettlebell Good MorningIntermediateKettlebell
- Kettlebell PulloverIntermediateKettlebell
- Kettlebell swingIntermediateKettlebell
- Knee push-upBeginnerBodyweight
- Lateral lungeBeginnerDumbbells
- Low-Anchor Band Chest PressBeginnerBand
- Low-to-High Band FlyIntermediateBand
- Overhead pressIntermediateBarbell
- Pike push-upBeginnerBodyweight
- Pike ShrugIntermediateBodyweight
- Pull-upAdvancedBodyweight
- Push pressAdvancedBarbell
- Push-upBeginnerBodyweight
- Reverse crunchBeginnerBodyweight
- Reverse lungeBeginnerDumbbells
- Reverse Nordic curlIntermediateBodyweight
- Russian twistBeginnerBodyweight
- Side plankBeginnerBodyweight
- Side-Lying Dumbbell Hip AbductionBeginnerDumbbells
- Side-Lying Hip AbductionBeginnerBodyweight
- Single-Arm Cable Overhead Triceps ExtensionIntermediateCable
- Single-Arm Cable ShrugBeginnerCable
- Single-Arm Dumbbell High RowIntermediateDumbbells
- Single-Arm High Cable RowIntermediateCable
- Single-Arm Mid-Anchor Band Chest PressIntermediateBand
- Single-leg glute bridgeIntermediateBodyweight
- Single-leg Romanian deadliftIntermediateDumbbells
- Skater jumpIntermediateBodyweight
- Sled pushIntermediateMachine
- Smith Machine B-Stance Romanian DeadliftIntermediateMachine
- Smith Machine Good MorningAdvancedMachine
- Smith Machine Romanian DeadliftIntermediateMachine
- Smith Machine Single-Leg Romanian DeadliftAdvancedMachine
- Smith Machine Stiff-Leg DeadliftIntermediateMachine
- Standing Barbell Calf RaiseIntermediateBarbell
- Standing High-Anchor Band Decline Chest PressBeginnerBand
- Standing Hip AbductionBeginnerBodyweight
- Standing Mid-Anchor Band Chest FlyBeginnerBand
- Standing Mid-Anchor Band Chest PressBeginnerBand
- Step-upBeginnerDumbbells
- Straight-arm pulldownIntermediateCable
- SwimmingIntermediateMachine
- Table inverted rowBeginnerBodyweight
- Towel door rowBeginnerBodyweight
- Walking lungeIntermediateDumbbells
- Wall handstand push-upAdvancedBodyweight
- Wall sitBeginnerBodyweight
- Wide-Stance Barbell Back SquatIntermediateBarbell