Core and
Abdominal
Exercises
With great power comes great responsibility.
Athleticism lives in the transverse (rotational) plane.
Kicking. Throwing. Hitting. Swinging. Heck even running!
Yes, these are powerful movements that happen with rotation. But...
We’re only as powerful as we’re able to control. That’s the responsibility portion.
Working on anti-rotation is equally as important as rotation.
Here’s a quick little progressive concept from some of my favorite movement strategies.
Now now now, flexing or extending your spine is perfectly NORMAL. The issue arises when we layer that with quality or quantity (time or load.)
This banded feedback cues the brain to FEEL the position. From feeling where we are in space, then we can own that range.
Upper vs. LowerWith great power comes great responsibility.The Transverse Plane (rotation) creates most of our power. Think; throwing a ball, swinging a golf...
Yep. That same old boring exercise that's been scanned through the Xerox machine a thousand times.But wait! That's just the BASIC pattern.I was recently aske...
Part of the joy I get from my 'job' is making things up. . The other day I had a client in for fairly significant low back pain rehab. A dead bug wasn't chal...
By engaging the adductor muscles we tap into our engagement of our "Deep Core" fascial sling/train. Thomas Meyers said "we have one muscle in about 600 diffe...
Midline stability in the sagittal (forwards and backwards) plane is crucial to good posture, athleticism, and avoiding aches/pains/tightness. One of the most...
Pardon the guest host, Pete and the raspy voice for a minute. Say what you want, the dead bug still has its place as staple core exercise. This isometric variation limits the ranges of motion of arms and legs that might cause a dead bug to be painful.
Watch these exercise videos for building a stronger core in order to fix your low back pain!
Take a deep breath. How did that feel? Did it "quench your need" for oxygen? Or do you need another gulp? A breath is our most basic movement and our foundat...
Co-contraction / Nothing fires alone. . This simple little side bridge is HARD! It's even harder if ONE of the elephants in the room don't want to show up to...
Picking Favorites / I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a "go-to" exercise for most movement variabilities. When it comes to core stability - the Pallof Press takes the cake. . You can start from any position, any resistance, any load vector, etc.
I know, I know, I know. Dead Bugs are boring. I agree! That doesn't change how awesome they are for helping engage a neutral core though! Why I like this variation is because it helps to depress the rib cage - a common fault with most dead bugs that I see people doing.