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Training Your Core the Right Way

  • Core muscles are often neglected, yet they are crucial for strength, performance, and decreasing injury risk.
  • Common exercises like crunches and sit-ups primarily target the rectus abdominis but can stress the spine with repetitive use.
  • To effectively train the core, variety in exercises is necessary to avoid potential spinal injuries and to strengthen other core muscles.
  • Important core muscles include the internal and external obliques, transverse abdominis, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae, latissimus dorsi, and various hip muscles.
  • Effective core exercises include planks, twists, loaded carries, rows, deadlifts, clamshells, and glute bridges, targeting multiple muscle groups for comprehensive strength.
  • Integrating diverse core training exercises can lead to improvements in overall strength and performance and reduce risk of injuries.
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