Just as a house needs strong foundations, a healthy body needs a powerful core.
Whether you are training for something sports-specific or just for shape and balance to the body, core training should be one of the key components of your routine.
Not only can it help with injury prevention, posture balance and stability, but it is also fantastic for easing lower back pain.
Many athletes use core strength straining to improve their sports performance, and if you find that you have a weak mid-section, developing good core strength is an efficient way of strengthening and toning the abdominals, obliques and the erector spinae.
Even functional movements such as walking and standing can be made much easier through a well developed core group.
As a trainer, one of the first areas that I look to focus on is the core. I work on it through not just strength training, but also with core-related exercises such as the ones we will get familiar with today. The plank is great for strengthening the abdominal muscles, back and shoulders, but the erector spinae is worked too. Read more
