THE CORE IS MORE

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON COMPONENTS OF AN INDIVIDUALS EXERCISE PROGRAM IS THE CORE WORKOUT. AT THE END OF MOST WORKOUTS AN INDIVIDUAL WILL GO THROUGH A SERIES OF ABDOMINAL TYPE EXERCISES WITH THE HOPE AND INTENTION OF GAINING THE PROVERBIAL “SIX PACK”. THIS AIM FOR MORE DEFINED ABS IS AN IMPORTANT COMPOMENT OF CORE TRAINING HOWEVER WE FAIL TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS MORE TO THE CORE.
THE CORE IS DEFINED AS SEVERAL MUSCLES IN THE PELVIS, BACK, HIPS AND ABDOMEN. SPECIFIC MUSCLES ARE LABELED AS MULTIFIDUS, ERECTOR SPINAE, EXTERNAL OBLIQUES, TRANSVERSE ABDOMINIS AND THE RECTUS ABDOMINIS. THE MUSCLES NOT ONLY HELP PROTECT THE BACK FROM INJURY THEY ALSO ENHANCE INDIVIDUAL POSTURE AND REDUCE LOW BACK PAIN. A GOOD CORE PROGRAM WILL INVOLVE STRENGENING EXERCISES THAT WORK ALL THE MUSCLE GROUPS INVOLVED IN THE CORE AS WELL AS FLEXIBILITY OF THE SAME MUSCLES.
SOME EXAMPLES OF EXERCISES THAT HELP BUILD THE TOTAL CORE INCLUDE: A VARIETY OF ABDOMINAL EXERCISES, WOOD CHOP WITH MEDICINE BALL, DEADLIFT WITH DUMBBELL, ROMANIAN DEADLIFT, LUNGE TWIST WITH MEDICINE BALL, TENSOR FASCIA LATAE – STANDING, PSOAS STRETCH, BRIDGE ON STABILITY BALL, PLANK ON ELBOWS, DOWNWARD DOG, BACK EXTENSION ON STABILITY AND 1 LEG PNF PATTERNS TO NAME A FEW. AS YOU CONTINUE TO PROGRESS IN YOUR FITNESS PROGRAM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT CORE BUILDING EXERCISES. TO GAIN A GREATER PERSPECTIVE ON A COMPLETE CORE WORKOUT CONTACT A FITNESS PROFESSIONAL.
REMEMBER – THE CORE IS MORE.