These Are the 17 Best CrossFit Ab Exercises If You Want to Lean Out and Carve Your Core

Having a strong core is essential if you do CrossFit because it makes you feel like you can lift more, run faster, and jump higher. Although we rarely do straight-up ab exercises since most CrossFit workouts are full body, when we do work our abs, these are the core-strengthening moves our coach has us do. Even if you don't do CrossFit, you can still do these exercises to get a lean and strong core.