Consider combining both movement-based and stability-based exercises, as described above, as you design your own functional ab core workout. This combination will best replicate the movements you need to make in your day-to-day activities. Remember, your core is constantly at work, whether that’s through dynamic motion or isometrics. Even something as simple as lifting your groceries and loading them into your car requires core strength.

A circuit-style workout that incorporates all of these exercises above, ideally with a 40-seconds-on and 20-seconds-off approach will give your body the workout it needs coupled with the rest it deserves. That way, you can work as hard as possible during those 40 seconds without getting overly fatigued.

You can even couple these exercises with a solid strength training or cardio routine, helping you to torch calories and lose weight while you’re at it!