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For a Stronger Core, You Only Need 10 Minutes
Tom's Guide describes one popular ten-minute ab routine as a daily one, so a six-pack is not expected after a single session; the clock keeps running.
On air: Kenji Moonfield on Best of BBNPublished
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- First reported by The New York Times: “For a Stronger Core, You Only Need 10 Minutes”, with reporting from Tom's Guide.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 31, 2026, at 5:56 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Kenji Moonfield.
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- The New York TimesFor a Stronger Core, You Only Need 10 Minutes
- Tom's GuideYou just need 1 dumbbell and 10-minutes to strengthen your abs with this core workout facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe New York Times says a stronger core only takes ten minutes. With us is Marguerite Zelazny, author of Ten Minutes Forever.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIs it ten minutes?
Marguerite ZelaznyYes. Ten minutes, ten exercises, forty seconds of work and twenty of rest. To be fair, I add a warm-up, so call it eleven.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTom's Guide describes one ten-minute ab workout as a daily routine. So ten minutes isn't the price, it's the monthly rate, billed every day.
Marguerite ZelaznyDaily, yes. And to be fair, I stretch afterward, so twelve. This tomato keeps me honest.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou just clicked it forward.
Marguerite ZelaznyIt sticks. Anyway, the same coverage says nobody gets a six-pack from one session.
Marguerite ZelaznyCore strength is about stabilising and controlling your body, not about visible abs.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo session one is the free trial, and I'm guessing the card was already on file.
Marguerite ZelaznyTo be fair, the first session buys you a very nice feeling, and a log-in to my newsletter, which is thirteen minutes.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTen minutes a day, no six-pack, and the clock only moves one way. How do I cancel?
Marguerite ZelaznyYou can't. The tomato only goes forward.
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