So you’ve had enough of planks and dead-bugs, maybe your gym floor just isn’t clean enough or your had some sort of injury meaning you can’t sit down. Whatever the reason, its time to get off the floor and do some of the best standing core work available to strengthen your core. Here we’ve listed 20 extremely effective core variations you can use in your training (without sitting down). Also check out the core workout we put together for you to get done today.

Core stability and ab exercises have been shown to prevent injury(1) so it’s important to work on it even if you’re only able to do standing exercises. For even more variety of core exercises, check out our core movement library that contains 198 core movements!

Frequently Asked Questions

How Do You Work Your Core Whilst Standing?

Use the exercises above to train your core whilst standing, start doing these workouts consistently for a few months and you’ll see progress whilst likely improving your health.

Is Standing Ab Workout Effective?

Yes, but only if you pick standing abs exercises which are effective. When trying to find out if an exercise is effective our not, ask yourself if it applies any stress at all on the body. A lot of answers to this question focus on movements that apply zero stress and therefore create zero adaptation. This is why core work whilst standing with no equipment is not at all effective, no stress can be applied to the abs.

Are Standing Crunches Effective?

No. Please don’t do this movement.

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