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Dr. Dean Goodman, a practicing chiropractor (website here), asked me: “I would like to share your core strength video with my patients….many of whom would be quite challenged simply by 15 seconds in plank. Do you have any standing core exercises to recommend?” I filmed a quick response for Dr. Goodman this morning. Beginner Core Strengthening Exercises In part 1 and part 2 of this series, I covered plank and rotation exercises. In this video, we are going to go over something a little more familiar – the more traditional ab exercise, the abdominal crunch. I’m going to teach you a more sophisticated version, because regular old crunches just don’t have the training effect I want. Regular crunches have a few qualities that I don’t like… 1) they create residual muscle tension, instead of relaxing the body The sophisticated ab crunches I will be teaching you eliminate all of the above concerns, and they teach you to integrate your breathing, structure, and movement. These exercises are far superior to the traditional ab crunch and reverse crunch. Core Strengthening Exercises – Sophisticated Crunches Last week, I posted the first video in our core strengthening exercises series. If you missed it, check it out here. Today’s core strengthening exercise video is all about training rotational movements. The first thing that may come to mind is the oblique and the serratus anterior muscles (the little finger-like muscles on the sides of your ribs) – but practicing rotation involves a host of muscle groups. Each exercise I teach in this video is full-body in nature, and that’s how I recommend you approach core strengthening exercises. Train all of the body, all the time. Here is a video with three different core strengthening exercises. Rotational Core Strengthening Exercises by John Sifferman Let me ask you something. Would you benefit from having some more core strength? I have received many questions over the years about what the best core strengthening exercises are. Most everyone is interested in the best ab exercises. This post starts the first of several video tutorials about core strengthening exercises – with some funky plank variations in this first kick-off video. I hope that each core strengthening exercise video teaches you some new ideas. Most importantly, I want you to apply what you learn and practice it so you can have the core strength of a champion. I’ll bet that if you apply the techniques that I am about to reveal to you, you will have a stronger core and better looking abs. You may need to drop some bodyfat to see them, but that’s another topic for another blog post. Core Strengthening Exercises – Planks by John Sifferman |
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