Effective Core Strengthening Workout

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Your core is the centrepiece of your body’s movements. Many of you might think it’s just your abs, but in reality, it extends far beyond that. It’s actually the essential part that makes your abdomen, pelvis, lower back and hips to work together smoothly.

It has five components: strength, endurance, flexibility, motor control, and function. And once you develop these, you will have an instant boost in your athletic performance, even a much lower risk of injuries. Plus, your day-to-day activities will become easier for you.

To start, Natasha Edwards discussed the real-world benefits, and a core strengthening workout you may want to try:

Centering on Your Core Muscles – Why Strengthen Them and How

It’s not unlikely for you to encounter core muscles each time you’re reading about exercise tips and tricks. They’re not being mentioned all the time for no reason. Your core muscles are very important muscles of the body whether you intend to be buff or strong – or both. Read more…

The best part of core exercises is that they don’t really require a gym. You can do them in the comfort of your home, with or without equipment.

Here’s another great workout to spice up your push-up work, by strength and conditioning coach Sean Hyson on Muscle and Fitness:

TWIST PUSHUP TO STRENGTHEN ABS AND CORE

The T-pushup has your abs stabilizing your body through three planes of motion and offers a good way to work more pulling into your routine for better shoulder health and back strength. Doing it with dumbbells has another benefit as well: It increases the range of motion your pecs have to work in. Read more…

Now if you want to use equipment, stability ball works really well to mix up your routines. As the name implies, it’s for developing your balance, but it’s also good for your total body strength. Writer Caleb Palmquist shares a few moves using a stability ball on Fitness Republic:

Strengthen Your Core With Stability Ball Workouts

Using a stability ball is a fantastic way to develop core strength and push your exercises to the next level. One of the best things about a stability ball is that you can do most of the workouts you already do while incorporating the ball. Doing so will maximize the effectiveness of each workout. You will improve your flexibility and balance, and work small muscles that might have been neglected in your normal workouts. Read more…

A core strengthening workout is very important to add in your daily routine, and that shouldn’t be just the conventional push ups and sit ups. You have to spice up your moves every now and then to provide a challenge to your developing body, and allow for more growth.

Don’t forget to follow a balanced diet, and avoid processed foods. The majority of these unhealthy products goes to your stomach, which results to unwanted deposit of fats. This will make it difficult to enhance and strengthen your core muscles as they will mess up your metabolism, too.

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