{"id":649574,"date":"2026-08-21T20:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649574\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T20:02:12","slug":"kitchen-counter-exercises-for-core-strength-after-60","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/649574\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen-Counter Exercises for Core Strength After 60"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strengthen and sculpt your midsection by adding these standing moves to your home workouts.<\/p>\n

Excess fat around your lower abdomen and hips is one of those frustrating bodily changes that can occur with age. Many individuals develop love handles due to reduced physical activity, hormonal shifts, and a slower metabolism\u2014ugh. One thing is for sure: Love handles<\/a> aren\u2019t going anywhere unless you take action.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour love handles are pockets of fat that sit just beneath your skin and over the top of your muscles. If you build bigger muscles, those pockets of fat are still there. They do get spread out over a larger surface area, which makes the fat appear less noticeable, so it does help a little. But, what helps the most for addressing love handles is exercising in a way that burns calories quickly<\/a>, since doing so makes it easier to lose fat,\u201d explains Domenic Angelino, MS, MPH, CSCS, CPT<\/b><\/a>, Chief Exercise Scientist at FitCraft<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We spoke with Angelino to learn the best way to address them. To help you get started, he shares four standing exercises<\/a> that can help trim love handles quicker than gym sessions after 60.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost standing exercises that target your core are easier to do than exercises that involve you lying on your back,\u201d Angelino points out. \u201cStanding exercises also let you shift the emphasis towards calorie burning more easily, instead of focusing on training your muscles directly. This will be way more effective at reducing your body fat and addressing love handles.\u201d<\/p>\n

With this in mind, let\u2019s explore four effective standing exercises that can help reduce body fat and strengthen your midsection.<\/p>\n

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\tStanding High Knee March<\/p>\n

\u201cThis exercise is a great blend of burning a lot of calories and involving your abdominal muscles. You\u2019ll go through a relatively large range of motion as you lift your legs up with each step. This allows it to target your muscles in a way that can increase their strength,\u201d Angelino tells us.<\/p>\n

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  1. Stand tall with your feet placed shoulder-width apart and your knees soft.<\/li>\n
  2. Make sure your spine is long and your arms are crossed high in a \u201cgenie\u201d position.<\/li>\n
  3. Then, lift one knee up toward your chest.<\/li>\n
  4. Lower it.<\/li>\n
  5. Lift the other knee up toward your chest.<\/li>\n
  6. Continue to alternate in a marching fashion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    \tStanding Cross-Arm Toe Touch<\/p>\n

    \u201cThis exercise is helpful because it allows you to work on your flexibility while also using your core muscles to lift your body back up from a bent forward position. It\u2019s great because it\u2019s highly functional and achieves multiple important things at once, making it very time efficient,\u201d Angelino explains.<\/p>\n

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    1. Start standing tall with your feet placed hip-distance apart and arms reaching out to your sides.<\/li>\n
    2. Activate your core and maintain slightly bent knees.<\/li>\n
    3. Hinge at the hips and allow your torso to slightly rotate as you reach your right hand down toward your left foot.<\/li>\n
    4. Use control to return to standing.<\/li>\n
    5. Repeat on the other side and continue to alternate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      \tStanding Jog In Place<\/p>\n

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      \u201cThis is a great exercise for burning a lot of calories. Because it doesn\u2019t involve bringing your legs through a large range of motion, you can take a lot of steps before you get tired and burn out,\u201d Angelino says. \u201cYour core helps stabilize you while you jog, and this will translate to helping strengthen core muscles that are important for daily activities like walking.\u201d<\/p>\n

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      1. Begin standing tall with your feet hip-distance apart and arms at your sides.<\/li>\n
      2. Activate your core and maintain a tall chest.<\/li>\n
      3. Start to alternate taking quick steps in place, lifting one foot and then the other.<\/li>\n
      4. Gradually pick up the pace until you are jogging in place.<\/li>\n
      5. Continue to do so for the prescribed time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        \tGoblet Squat<\/p>\n

        \u201cThis might seem a bit unconventional for the goal here, but it\u2019s effective at increasing core strength by targeting your lower back muscles while you\u2019re essentially transitioning from sitting to standing,\u201d Angelino explains. \u201cIt helps you get used to using your core muscles to keep your back upright in a healthy way, strengthening them in a way that can reduce back pain. This exercise involves using free weights, like a dumbbell or kettlebell, and that means you can keep progressing as you get stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

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        1. \u200b\u200bStand tall with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width.<\/li>\n
        2. Grasp a dumbbell or water bottle with both hands, holding the weight in front of your chest with your elbows pointing down and tucked in.<\/li>\n
        3. Hinge at the hips and bend your knees to squat, keeping the weight in place.<\/li>\n
        4. Squat as far as you can with a straight back.<\/li>\n
        5. Push through your heels to return to the starting position.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Alexa Mellardo<\/p>\n

          \t\tAlexa is a freelance writer, editor, and content strategist based in Greenwich, CT. She has 11+ years of experience covering wellness, fitness, food, travel, lifestyle, and home.\t\t\t\t\tRead more about Alexa <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strengthen and sculpt your midsection by adding these standing moves to your home workouts. Excess fat around your…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":649575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[278],"tags":[1765,18,525,135,43759,19,17,112813,72741,1626],"class_list":["post-649574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-body-fat","tag-eire","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-how-to-lose-body-fat","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-over-60","tag-standing-exercises","tag-workouts"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117135287687494027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}