Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Strengthening Your Core

What is Core Fitness? The core refers to the trunk of your body and all of the muscles associated with your trunk including the abs, back, and pelvis muscles. A strong core can make it easier to do most physical activities. Training these muscles to work together will help you move more efficiently and prevent strain on your spine. Also, establishing a strong core will stabilize your posture, which helps prevent back pain.

Think about all of the activities that a strong core will affect; walking, running, lifting, your golf swing, baseball bat swing, just about everything you do.

A stability ball is a great tool to help strenthing our core. I have the GoFit 65cm Professional Stability Ball that came with a DVD. I will be adjusting my routines to include some abs work with the stability ball.

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