(Image credit: Shutterstock) Sometimes, factors like age, past injury, or personal comfort can prevent my personal training clients from getting onto the floor for traditional core exercises. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to build strength in the core while staying upright. In fact, incorporating standing core exercises into your routine is important even if you are able to do moves like sit-ups, crunches, or planks. Since we don’t do a lot of everyday movement while lying down, training the abs while standing builds functional strength that translates into easier walks, faster runs, steadier squats, and a more stable body overall. These are my four favorite standing core exercises that I give to nearly all of my clients. They’ve also got a place in my own core routine. If you’ve got a dumbbell , you can give them a try too. Article continues below How to do the 4 standing core exercises Get clearance from your medical team before trying this workout.…