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Build core muscles with plank with toe taps
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This exercise works your core but specifically emphasizes your lower back
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'Plank and wide pike' builds core muscles
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Strengthen your core with 'moving plank with knee tucks'
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Personal trainer Kathleen Trotter demonstrates this move, which works your core and also strengthens your upper body and shoulders
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'Moving pike' works your core
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Personal trainer Kathleen Trotter demonstrates this exercise, which also builds upper body strength
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Build core muscles with 'mountain climbers with holds'
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This advanced exercise works your core as well as your shoulders and upper body
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Crunch with knee-lift works abs
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Zero in on your abdominals with this intermediate move
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'Side dead bug' works your core
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This is an ideal core exercise if you have neutral osteopenia or osteoporosis because your back stays in a neutral position the entire time
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Go 'swimming' to build back strength
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Personal trainer Kathleen Trotter demonstrates how to do this move, which focuses on your posterior chain muscles
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Work your entire core with side plank and rotation
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The rotation in this exercise specifically targets your obliques
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Get tough: Add 'jumping jacks' to the plank
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Personal trainer Kathleen Trotter takes the traditional plank up a notch by adding jumping-jack legs. Here's how to do it
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Add arm circles to toughen the traditional plank
Friday, Sep. 23, 2011 10:41AM EDT
Build upper-body strength and zero in on your core with this intermediate exercise
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'Plank and pike' strengthens shoulders and core
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Personal trainer Kathleen Trotter shows you how to take the plank to the next level by adding a pike
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Advanced 'bird dog' challenges your core
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Be sure you have mastered the basic 'bird dog' before you tackle this tougher move
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Strengthen your core with 'dead bug'
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This simple exercise is ideal for anyone with osteoperosis. Kathleen Trotter shows you how to do this stress-free move
