Anterior Core Training

Who do we believe? The strength guys say something like "forget doing abs, just do heavy squats and deadlifts". Don´t even say the word core around these guys. The functional guys say "lying down is not functional". The functional guys seem to be against any core training not done standing. If we proceeded logically we would see that both groups, the strength guys and the functional guys, at least agree that all good core training is done standing. As usual, I disagree with both parties. ... (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)