Most movements—squats, burpees, handstands, even hurling a snowball at your friend’s head—simultaneously require multiple muscles and core activation. So when it comes to training your core, it would make sense to ditch isolation moves like crunches for a more all-encompassing exercise.
This move—which has you push with your upper body, engage your core, and then pull with your lower body—hits your triceps, shoulders, core, hip flexors, and legs. “It is also a good way to work the bottom portion of your burpee, increase your pushing strength, and build the core and shoulder strength required for moves like handstands,” notes Flex Cabral, co-owner of Trooper Fitness in New York City.
How To Do It:
With your feet on sliders, assume a plank position on your forearms.
From there, press yourself up onto your hands, moving only your forearms. The motion should resemble a skull crusher.
Brace your core, then slide your knees in up toward your chest. Lower them back. That’s one rep.
