by Cori Lefkowith | Sep 1, 2014 | Blog, Core, Exercises
Often when people think about training their core, they think of six-pack abs and crunches.
They think about aesthetics. But core training is about more than getting six-pack abs. A strong core means less risk for pain and injury and it also means you can lift more and run faster.
Plus, core training is about more than working your abs – it is about strengthening everything from your shoulders to your knees.
Proper core training isn’t about doing a million crunches. It is about doing exercises that work everything from your shoulders to your knees.
Core training will improve your stability and strength in every plane of motion.
Below are the Best Core Training Exercises to train your core and improve your stability and strength to prevent injury and help you move better (aka run faster and lift more!).
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by Cori Lefkowith | Aug 20, 2014 | Blog, Core, Workouts
Circuits can be done in a variety of ways. They can be done for a prescribed amount of sets or they can be done for an allotted time.
When you do circuits for time and try to get as much work done in that time as possible, you are using a training method known as Density Training.
“Density” is the amount of work you are able to do in a set amount of time.
With Density Training, you are trying to increase the amount of work you can do in a set amount of time to improve your strength and your endurance.
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by Cori Lefkowith | Jul 29, 2014 | Blog, Core, Exercises
While getting the latest and greatest fitness tools can be fun and keep things interesting, you don’t need any fancy equipment to get in a great workout.
Actually sometimes the best tools are the most basic ones – the ones that aren’t even truly exercise equipment.
For instance, a $16 moving blanket may be one of the best pieces of “equipment” to help you get in a full body cardio workout in just minutes.
You can use the moving blanket to do one of our favorite cardio-core training exercises – the Towel Taz.
While this move may seem silly, it is far from easy. It will work your entire core (from your shoulders to your knees) while getting your blood pumping.
Here’s how to do the basic Towel Taz and other fun variations:
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by Cori Lefkowith | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog, Core, Exercises
All too often our posterior chain is neglected in our workouts – especially our core workouts.
We tend to focus on the abs and do a whole bunch of crunches.
But if we want to strengthen our core, we have to work more than our abs. We have to work everything from our shoulders to our knees on both our front and backside.
And one great exercise to strengthen the backside of your core is the Superman Exercise.
The Superman Exercise is a great bodyweight core move that works the stabilizing muscles of your back as well as your glutes, hamstrings and shoulders.
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by Cori Lefkowith | Jul 3, 2014 | Blog, Bodyweight, Core, Exercises
Crunches, planks and sit ups are usually our go to core exercises.
And all of them are core moves done on the ground.
BUT some of the best core moves can actually be done hanging from a pull up bar.
Want to blast those lower abs and work your back and lower body at the same time?
Then you need to try these 10 Hanging Core Exercises!
Most of these moves are more advanced and will require you to engage your lats (which is great if you are working on pull ups!) Beginners will want to start with moves one, two or even six before mixing it up!
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