Any ways to work transverse abs withouting isolation exercises?

For some reason, transverse ab exercises feel weird to me. I don't really have to patience to pull in and hold my abs. But, this seems to be the main way suggested to tone/strengthen the transverse abs.





Anyone know of other ways to work them, maybe while doing an activity or other form of exercise, like biking?





Thanks : )Any ways to work transverse abs withouting isolation exercises?
You can work your tansverse abs with the Plank/hover or Hip flexion. If you don't want to do hip flexion as an isolated exercise do it with kness bent. These are targeted exercises and each require you to pull in and hold abs while exercising.





The main function of the abs is isometric contraction. This is how your torso is kept upright. Any exercise will help you to strengthen these core muscles and improve core stability but you do have to remember to pull in the muscles and hold as you mention. If you do not engage them they will not benefit.





Running, Biking, Skipping, Rowing........Abs will benefit if engaged during exercise.





They will also benefit if engaged during any kind of strength training but some good ones are things like single leg squats.