Build core strength after 50 with 5 bodyweight moves that train bracing and control, often faster than planks.

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While the plank is an excellent core exercise, several other options can strengthen your core. You can do these bodyweight exercises anywhere, and they don’t require equipment.

I love pull-ups because they are the epitome of a challenging bodyweight compound exercise, meaning they target multiple muscle groups and joints simultaneously. If you can do them with just your own ...

This isn’t just another random exercise we found on Pinterest, it’s part of an expertly designed program from Women’s Health that alternates between strength and cardio to maximize your results. The ...

If you’re serious about strengthening your back, but don’t have weights at your disposal, might we suggest the inverted row? This bodyweight exercise—which involves lying beneath a bar and pulling ...

Celebrities and fitness enthusiasts alike have rediscovered the transformative power of calisthenics—a training method that uses your own body weight as resistance. This ancient approach to fitness ...

Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. Body-weight exercises help ...

BUILDING A BALANCED physique is all about the back. The exercises you'll include in your routine to target these posterior muscles (which include your rear delts, rhomboids, traps, and lats) are ...