Core Fitness
What is the Core, exactly?
- It is your body minus the legs and arms; it is a dependent of a functional movement.
- The major muscles of the core resides in the area of the belly, mid and lower back. Which includes pelvic floor muscles, transversus abdominis, multifidus, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, erector spinae and the diaphragm.
It seems like a whole lot of scientific terminology, fret not, it all sums up to the muscles around your belly and back which acts like a corset around it to support your entire posture.
In pregnancy, women use the core muscles during labor and delivery and also to hold on the growing baby in there the entire 40weeks. And that makes the Core a super important muscle group to be placing our attention on.
Core fitness is strengthening the muscles that support and stabilize the spine. True core-building moves focus on activation of deep muscle of the abdominals, not the top rectus abdominals which gives you the 6-pack abs. Therefore always emphasize on drawing the belly button in toward the spine and holding it there while doing abs exercise. And you should still be breathing and not hold your breath as you pull that belly button in. Note: "If you are not brining the belly button to the inner spine and holding it there, you're not working the core."
Our favorite move for the core: Plank (try it; while at it, pull that belly button in without holding your breath and keep it there for 20seconds)
- It is your body minus the legs and arms; it is a dependent of a functional movement.
- The major muscles of the core resides in the area of the belly, mid and lower back. Which includes pelvic floor muscles, transversus abdominis, multifidus, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, erector spinae and the diaphragm.
It seems like a whole lot of scientific terminology, fret not, it all sums up to the muscles around your belly and back which acts like a corset around it to support your entire posture.
In pregnancy, women use the core muscles during labor and delivery and also to hold on the growing baby in there the entire 40weeks. And that makes the Core a super important muscle group to be placing our attention on.
Core fitness is strengthening the muscles that support and stabilize the spine. True core-building moves focus on activation of deep muscle of the abdominals, not the top rectus abdominals which gives you the 6-pack abs. Therefore always emphasize on drawing the belly button in toward the spine and holding it there while doing abs exercise. And you should still be breathing and not hold your breath as you pull that belly button in. Note: "If you are not brining the belly button to the inner spine and holding it there, you're not working the core."
Our favorite move for the core: Plank (try it; while at it, pull that belly button in without holding your breath and keep it there for 20seconds)