Learn More About the Abs
The abs, located in the front of the torso, is responsible for core stabilization and trunk flexion. Learn more about the abs and how to strengthen it on FitnessTracker.
Featured Abs Exercises
In this section you will find a number of featured abs exercises. This section changes each time this site updates so check back often and maybe you'll discover a great new technique.
A creative ab exercise that builds core strength and control through machine-supported leg lifts.
The Ab Roller is a powerful core movement that targets the abs and shoulders, emphasizing control and spinal alignment.
Dead Bug strengthens the abs while reinforcing proper spinal alignment and cross-body movement patterns.
A challenging core movement that improves abdominal strength and body control.
All Abs Exercises
This section contains every abs exercise that we have in our system. If you know of some that we're missing, please contact us.
3/4 Sit-Up
The 3/4 Sit-Up is a bodyweight core exercise that strengthens the abs and improves trunk control and stability.
Ab Roller
The Ab Roller is a powerful core movement that targets the abs and shoulders, emphasizing control and spinal alignment.
Advanced Kettlebell Windmill
The Advanced Kettlebell Windmill targets your abs while also engaging the glutes, hamstrings, and shoulders. It is ideal for improving stability, control, and mobility.
Air Bike
Air Bike is a dynamic core exercise that targets your abs with alternating motion to develop trunk control and endurance.
Alternate Heel Touchers
Alternate Heel Touchers strengthen the abs with a focus on side-to-side control. They are ideal for building stability and definition.
Barbell Ab Rollout - On Knees
Barbell Ab Rollout (Kneeling) strengthens the abs, shoulders, and lower back. It’s ideal for developing deep core control and balance.
Barbell Ab Rollout
Barbell Ab Rollout targets the abs, shoulders, and lower back. It’s ideal for core strength and spine stability.
Barbell Rollout from Bench
Barbell Rollouts target the abs and lats while improving posture and shoulder stability. An excellent test of core strength.
Barbell Side Bend
Barbell Side Bends target the obliques and lower back. They improve core strength and side-to-side stability.
Bent-Knee Hip Raise
Bent-Knee Hip Raise strengthens the abs and improves control and stability through lower abdominal engagement.
Bent Press
Bent Press develops abdominal control, shoulder stability, and posterior chain strength with a full-body pressing motion.
Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends
Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends strengthens your abs and obliques while enhancing balance and posture.
Bottoms Up
Bottoms Up targets your abs. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Butt-Ups
Butt-Ups target your abs while promoting core engagement and stability.
Cable Crunch
Cable Crunch develops abdominal strength and stability through loaded spinal flexion.
Cable Judo Flip
Cable Judo Flip targets your abs. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Cable Reverse Crunch
Cable Reverse Crunch builds abdominal control and hip flexor coordination using external resistance.
Cable Russian Twists
This exercise strengthens the rotational core muscles with smooth cable resistance, useful for sports, posture, and injury prevention.
Cable Seated Crunch
Cable Seated Crunch targets your abs. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Cocoons
Cocoons target your abs with a curling motion that builds control, strength, and midline stability.
Cross-Body Crunch
Cross-Body Crunches train the abdominals and obliques with controlled bodyweight movement.
Crunch - Hands Overhead
This variation challenges your abs by increasing the load through arm position, improving trunk strength and breathing discipline.
Crunch - Legs On Exercise Ball
Crunches with legs on a ball challenge your core stability while emphasizing proper abdominal engagement and movement control.
Crunches
Crunches are a foundational core movement that strengthens the abs through short, controlled flexion of the spine.
Dead Bug
Dead Bug strengthens the abs while reinforcing proper spinal alignment and cross-body movement patterns.
Decline Crunch
Decline Crunches target the abs more intensely than standard crunches by using gravity and a decline bench to increase resistance and range.
Decline Oblique Crunch
Decline Oblique Crunches enhance abdominal definition and rotational strength.
Decline Reverse Crunch
This ab-focused bodyweight exercise targets the lower abs while building control and pelvic stability.
Double Kettlebell Windmill
This exercise improves mobility and strength through the core and posterior chain while challenging shoulder stability.
Dumbbell Side Bend
This isolated core movement builds lateral stability and sculpts the sides of your abs.
Elbow to Knee
This exercise targets your abs with rotational movement, enhancing control and stability.
Exercise Ball Crunch
This movement strengthens the abs while engaging stabilizers to improve posture and core control.
Exercise Ball Pull-In
This move strengthens your abs using a full range of motion and core stability.
Flat Bench Leg Pull-In
A bodyweight core exercise that improves abdominal strength and coordination.
Flat Bench Lying Leg Raise
A core isolation exercise that helps strengthen your abs and improve lower-body control.
Frog Sit-Ups
A variation of the traditional sit-up that improves core strength and hip mobility.
Gorilla Chin/Crunch
A bodyweight combo move that targets your abs, lats, and arms with each repetition.
Hanging Leg Raise
A challenging core movement that improves abdominal strength and body control.
Hanging Pike
An intense bodyweight ab exercise that enhances coordination and builds strong core muscles.
Jackknife Sit-Up
A full-body core exercise that combines leg raises and sit-ups into one motion.
Janda Sit-Up
A slow, controlled sit-up that uses glute tension to eliminate hip flexor involvement.
Kettlebell Figure 8
A dynamic movement that improves coordination and core strength.
Kettlebell Pass Between The Legs
A rhythmic drill that strengthens the abs and improves control in dynamic positions.
Kettlebell Windmill
A slow, controlled lift for building core strength, flexibility, and shoulder stability.
Knee/Hip Raise On Parallel Bars
A highly effective bodyweight core exercise that builds hip and abdominal control.
Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists
Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists targets your abs. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Landmine 180's
A full-body rotational movement that strengthens the abs and improves athletic performance.
Leg Pull-In
Leg Pull-In targets your abs. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Lower Back Curl
A foundational movement that builds control through the posterior chain.
Machine Crunch
Machine Crunch targets your abs. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Medicine Ball Full Twist
Medicine Ball Full Twist targets your abs along with the shoulders. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Oblique Crunches - On The Floor
A core movement focused on the obliques that can be performed anywhere.
Oblique Crunches
A simple yet effective ab exercise focused on improving oblique definition.
One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends
A standing cable crunch that strengthens your side abs and builds trunk stability.
One-Arm Medicine Ball Slam
One-Arm Medicine Ball Slam targets your abs along with the lats and shoulders. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Otis-Up
Otis-Up targets your abs along with the chest, shoulders, and triceps. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Overhead Stretch
A simple standing stretch that lengthens the torso and improves mobility.
Pallof Press With Rotation
Pallof Press With Rotation targets your abs along with the chest, shoulders, and triceps. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Pallof Press
Pallof Press targets your abs along with the chest, shoulders, and triceps. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Plank
A foundational bodyweight exercise for developing core strength and endurance.
Plate Twist
A weighted core exercise that targets the abs through controlled side-to-side twists.
Press Sit-Up
Press Sit-Up targets your abs along with the chest, shoulders and triceps. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Reverse Crunch
A bodyweight core exercise that emphasizes the lower abs and teaches controlled hip movement.
Rope Crunch
A kneeling cable exercise that develops the rectus abdominis with focused tension.
Russian Twist
A bodyweight core movement that targets the abs through controlled rotational motion.
Scissor Kick
A bodyweight core drill that builds abdominal endurance and control.
Seated Barbell Twist
A barbell-based movement for building rotational control and abdominal endurance.
Seated Flat Bench Leg Pull-In
A bench-based ab exercise that targets your core with dynamic leg tucks and controlled movement.
Seated Leg Tucks
An effective bodyweight ab exercise performed on a bench to challenge coordination and control.
Seated Overhead Stretch
A side-bending stretch that opens up the core and helps reduce upper-body stiffness.
Side Bridge
The Side Bridge is an isometric exercise that trains the obliques and shoulders, ideal for building static core endurance and lateral stability.
Side Jackknife
A core exercise that sculpts the obliques and builds lateral strength with no equipment.
Sit-Up
A foundational ab exercise that targets the core and builds strength using just your body.
Sledgehammer Swings
Smash your way to better abs, grip, and explosive power with this full-body movement.
Smith Machine Hip Raise
A creative ab exercise that builds core strength and control through machine-supported leg lifts.
Spell Caster
A dynamic dumbbell exercise that improves rotational power and full-body coordination.
Spider Crawl
Spider Crawl targets your abs along with the chest, shoulders and triceps. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Standing Cable Lift
Standing Cable Lift targets your abs along with the shoulders. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Standing Cable Wood Chop
Standing Cable Wood Chop targets your abs along with the shoulders. It is great for building balanced strength and improving control.
Standing Lateral Stretch
The Standing Lateral Stretch targets the obliques and side body, supporting flexibility, spinal mobility, and posture.
Standing Rope Crunch
An effective standing core movement that allows for resistance progression.
Stomach Vacuum
An internal core exercise that enhances stability and can help flatten the abdomen.
Supine One-Arm Overhead Throw
The Supine One-Arm Overhead Throw targets the core and upper body while improving power and coordination.
Supine Two-Arm Overhead Throw
The Supine Two-Arm Overhead Throw is great for improving core explosiveness and upper body coordination.
Suspended Fallout
Suspended Fallout targets the abs while engaging the chest, shoulders, and lower back for controlled core training.
Suspended Reverse Crunch
The Suspended Reverse Crunch builds lower abdominal control while improving full-body stability using suspension straps.
Toe Touchers
Toe Touchers isolate the abs through a dynamic movement that enhances core strength and control.
Torso Rotation
A dynamic standing exercise that targets the abs and enhances rotational control.
Tuck Crunch
This exercise targets the abs with a tight, focused range of motion.
Up and Down Plank
The up and down plank targets your abs with secondary activation in your shoulders and triceps. It’s great for improving core stability, posture, and upper-body coordination.
Weighted Ball Side Bend
Weighted Ball Side Bends help develop side abdominal strength and stability.
Weighted Crunches
This crunch variation boosts abdominal development with controlled, weighted reps.
Weighted Sit-Ups - With Bands
Weighted Sit-Ups with Bands engage your core through resistance and improve abdominal strength efficiently.
Wind Sprints
Wind Sprints work the abs through explosive, alternating leg lifts from a hanging position.