If you’re not a morning person or have limited time during the week, you may prefer performing your workout routine in the evening. If you’re wondering what routine to focus on, consider a solid core workout. Planks are excellent to build your core, but we spoke with an expert and learned a stellar eight-minute bed routine that will restore your core strength faster than planks after 60. Dr. Betiku says you can absolutely perform it from bed, but hopping on a mat also works well—if not better. Bird-Dog“Do one set of 15 reps on each side, really pushing quality inhales/exhales to finish well relaxed before bed,” Dr. Betiku says.