IF YOU ARE focused on building a strong, functional core, you need to know what muscles you're working so hard to sculpt. There are the six-pack muscles (the rectus abdominis) trained with spinal ...

"Obliques are a part of your core group of muscles," explains Danyele Wilson, Lead Trainer for Tone & Sculp app. "You actually have two sets of oblique muscles: internal obliques, which run down ...

Your obliques—aka the muscles on the side of your core–are the star of the show in moves like side planks and bicycle crunches, but they can also get their fair share of work in when you're doing ...

When we think of core exercises, standard moves like situps and crunches are often a go-to. But working the side body is an important piece of a well-rounded core routine that is sometimes overlooked.

Newsflash: Your abs workouts need to hit all the different abs muscles to be truly effective. It's easy to zero in on the six pack, but sculpting a strong core requires so much than that. When I ...

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. Your obliques are the core ...