Developing a Healthy Back and a Strong Core
Your core is your Power-house and critical for optimal health and fitness.
If you core is strong, that strength radiates out to the rest of your body. If it is weak, various injuries, aches and pains are more likely to surface -
Here are few of the quickest ways to strengthen your abdominals/Core.
Improve posture - Bad posture is a problem. To improve posture, while in the standing position, line up your ears above your shoulders, your shoulders over the hips, hips over the knees and finally knees above ankles. The shoulders remain open as though a shirt on a hanger.
Think whole-body exercise –It is a misconception that strong abs means doing thousands of crunches. Abs have to be seen as a 360 degree core.
Plank - Seated Rotation - Bicycle
exercise - Ball crunch - Reverse Crunch Vertical leg crunch.
Examine Diet and Digestion - You may have great abdominal strength and posture but still have abdominal fat, to get a flat stomach you need to lose fat by diet, i.e. eat less while moving more.
Take things slow - There is no such thing as a "quick fix", slow
progression is the only way to achieve a flat stomach and meet goals.
Set Realistic Goals - Genes play a role in the determination of body shape, but this doesn't mean you are unable to improve your appearance, set realistic expectations and rather do something than nothing.
Here are few of the quickest ways to strengthen your abdominals/Core.
Improve posture - Bad posture is a problem. To improve posture, while in the standing position, line up your ears above your shoulders, your shoulders over the hips, hips over the knees and finally knees above ankles. The shoulders remain open as though a shirt on a hanger.
Think whole-body exercise –It is a misconception that strong abs means doing thousands of crunches. Abs have to be seen as a 360 degree core.
Plank - Seated Rotation - Bicycle
exercise - Ball crunch - Reverse Crunch Vertical leg crunch.
Examine Diet and Digestion - You may have great abdominal strength and posture but still have abdominal fat, to get a flat stomach you need to lose fat by diet, i.e. eat less while moving more.
Take things slow - There is no such thing as a "quick fix", slow
progression is the only way to achieve a flat stomach and meet goals.
Set Realistic Goals - Genes play a role in the determination of body shape, but this doesn't mean you are unable to improve your appearance, set realistic expectations and rather do something than nothing.
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