Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip-width apart, toes slightly turned out, arms at your sides, palms in. This is starting position. Engage your core and keep your chest lifted and back flat ...

These Pilates exercises work every part of your core, from your rectus abdominis to your obliques, and even your hips, lower back, and pelvic floor.

Use these beginner-friendly kettlebell exercises to create your own full-body routine to work everything from your shoulders to your legs.

Christa Sgobba is an ACE-certified personal trainer, writer, and editor who joined SELF in 2019 and is now SELF's director of fitness and food. She graduated from Wilkes University and earned a ...