Monday, June 13, 2011

Core Muscles Training Explained



When working out, it’s very important to do core muscle strengthening exercises as a part of your training program. The core muscles are the muscle groups of the back and the abdominal muscles. These muscles groups bear the spine and keep your body well-balanced and supported.

 Whenever you work on developing and strengthening these muscle groups, you will improve your physical appeal, enhance your fitness level and may even put an end to lower back pain.
Here 3 tips to help you with your core workouts.

1- Do more of the exercises that target your body’s 29 core muscles. Four of the main workouts that will tone and strengthen the core muscle area are the bridge, abdominal crunch or sit up, plank and quadruped. In addition, choose workout routines that will simultaneously work the core muscles of your body. This will have a much better effect on strengthening your body, instead of doing exercises that isolate each set of muscles.

2- Whenever doing core muscle exercises, you should take in slow and deep breaths. This type of breathing can help you reduce fatigue and ensure constant delivery of oxygen to your working muscles. Therefore, you improve training performance and enjoyment levels.

3- Give your core muscle and body enough rest and recovery—at least one day in order to recover from the hard work-load of training. Overworking your core muscle will only leave you injured, fatigued and discouraged.

2 comments:

  1. I work out every other day, i do core excersizes each workout, is this too much?

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