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Contributing fitness editor Assata McKenzie shows you three effective exercises for your back.

This 10-minute workout will target your upper body and strengthen your back, shoulders and arms.

Looking for a way to tighten up your core? Planks are a great ab exercise because they help to build strength and endurance all the way around your middle and in your back. That's why taking the Plank A Day challenge can help reduce back pain and flatten your abs.

I’ve always been jealous of my friends who took ballet when they were younger. I still look enviously at their ballerina straight backs, perfect posture and clean, graceful lines as they move. Next to them, I look like the Hunchback of Notre-dame.

Improve your posture and agility with these Pilates-inspired moves that will flatten your belly and strengthen your core.