13 of the best core exercises you can do

1.Plank:A static exercise where you hold your body in a straight line from head to heels, resting on your forearms and toes. It engages multiple muscle groups simultaneously, making it one of the top core exercises.
2.Side Plank:A variation of the plank that targets the obliques. Support your body on one arm with your feet stacked or side by side, creating a straight diagonal line from head to feet.
3.Russian Twists:Sitting on the floor with knees bent, lean slightly back without rounding your spine. With your feet lifted or on the ground, twist from side to side, engaging your obliques.
4.Bicycle Crunches: Lie on your back with hands behind your head and legs raised and bent at 90 degrees. Bring opposite elbow to opposite knee, alternating sides.
5.Dead Bug:Start on your back with arms extended above you and legs raised with knees bent at a 90-degree angle. Lower opposite arm and leg towards the floor in a controlled motion.
6.Leg Raises:Lie down flat, and lift your legs off the ground to a 90-degree angle, then slowly lower them back down without touching the floor.
7.Bird Dog:From all fours, extend one arm forward while stretching the opposite leg back, keeping both perfectly straight.
8.Mountain Climbers:Start in a plank position and draw one knee at a time towards your chest, alternating legs quickly.
9.Hanging Leg Raise: Hang from a pull-up bar with legs straight down then raise them up as high as possible while keeping them straight.
10.Reverse Crunches:Lying flat on your back, lift your hips off the ground and crunch them inward towards your chest.
11.Hollow Hold:Lie down on your back and extend your arms past your head while lifting both legs off the ground, forming a shallow ‘u’ shape with your body.
12.Swiss Ball Rollouts:Start with knees on the ground and hands on an exercise ball; roll forward slowly until you’re stretched out in front of you then use your core to roll back.
13.Turkish Get-Up: This complex move starts lying down holding a kettlebell above you; proceed through several stages to stand up while keeping the weight above you throughout.