Strengthening Your Core

Core muscles are the center of balance and performance and consist of several muscle groups. These muscles include abdominal, obliques; lower back, glutes as well as pelvic muscles. Having a weak core can contribute to bad posture and balance, poor athletic performance, insufficient body mechanics thus increasing the chance of injury.

Now that you’re familiar with core muscles here are somethings you can do to help tone those muscle and reduce abdominal fat. To loose abdominal fat you should start by reducing caloric intake and add exercise that includes strength training as well as cardiovascular training. Strength training should be done no less than 2 days a week, training all major muscle groups. Cardiovascular training can be done most days of the week for 30-60 minutes depending on your fitness level. You can also allow for a day or two of rest.

In this weeks blog I have included some video footage of exercises to help you strengthen your core muscles. I recommend doing 8-12 reps for 2-4 set for beginners and for those who are more advanced can do 15-20 reps for 2-4 sets.

I have also added a few bloopers for your humor:D.