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Sit-ups vs. crunches: Which exercise builds stronger abs?

Sit-ups target your abdominal muscles, back muscles, and hip flexors, while crunches only target your abdominal muscles. • ...
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Sit ups are falling out of favor — what does the research show?

Sit-ups often come to mind when you think about working your abs or strengthening your core. It’s one of the most old-school, well-known exercises for ab-shredding, but recently, it’s become less and ...
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Skip sit-ups – these four low-impact exercises are enough to strengthen your deep core muscles

Sit-ups may be one of the oldest exercises in the book, but they’re also one of the most hated (alongside Bulgarian split squats). While they may target your external and internal abdominal muscles, ...
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Look no further — you can build strength and muscle in your core without sit-ups, and here's the move to try

We’ve been on a sit-up alternative mission lately, giving as many options as possible for exercisers who either don’t want them or can’t do them for whatever reason. I still hear the question going ...