In a previous blog, Core Exercise, Part 1: Fad, Fashion or Fundamental?, I proposed that core exercise is not just about training the abs since the core is a more integrated, comprehensive functional unit that simply includes the abs as one element. In Part 2, I want to stress how the abs actually function – notRead More
core exercise
Core Exercise, Part 1: Fad, Fashion or Fundamental?
What’s all the fuss about “core”? Too many articles in the lay literature address core as if somehow it’s a brand new thing in fitness. Yet, those articles fail to appreciate the full measure of what core exercise is all about. In fact, they tend to further the image of core by emphasizing the abdominals,Read More
Walking Off the Plank or Getting to the Core of the Matter
The ubiquity of planks in gyms and exercise videos has denigrated it to the level of a ‘fad’. Once the newcomer to fitness – about 15 years ago – it is now so common as both an exercise of choice for almost all kinds of athletes and people and as a standard of achievement forRead More
Core Exercise
So, I’ve been traveling a lot lately, some pleasure – like to panama city beach with my girlfriend during the july fourth weekend, some paternal -like to Los Angeles and Seattle with my daughter checking out colleges, some work – like to Kansas city to teach other trainers for exercise etc, and most recently, someRead More