In this article, we’ll review ten of the best core exercises you can do to strengthen these vital muscles and build a stronger foundation for your body. Let’s begin with a quick look at the core muscles to better understand the exercise selection.

Bench press. Lat pulldown. Biceps curls. Ab crunches. Leg press. For many men, these are their go-to choices for strength-training workouts.

Build muscle, burn fat, and transform your body with the most effective exercises.

Serious lifters know that measuring activation from electromyography (EMG) to pick the best muscle-building exercises is helpful, but far from perfect. So, we used a number of parameters, including: Ease of learning and performing. Total muscle stimulation and intensity. Popularity among diehard lifters and bodybuilders (This matters!)

Olympic Squat. This is a favorite leg developer of old-school bodybuilders. For this squat variation, the bar will be up high on your traps and you will take a narrower stance. This will force your knees over your toes and allow your torso to stay upright, leading to a more quad dominant exercise.

The key muscles leg exercises will target are the big ones: the quads, glutes, hamstrings, and and calves. There are other, smaller support muscles, but the most useful and common leg day moves...

Lift one foot, extending it almost vertically off the floor at a 45-degree angle. Push off the floor with the other foot by raising your hips and tightening your core and glute muscles. Be sure to ...

1. Functional. They best mimic and train you for the movements that you are most likely to use over the course of each day. 2. Accessible. They’re convenient exercises that you can do anytime,...