That last explosive sprint to the finish line, a baseball soaring out of the park, the elegant posture of an elite skier, extremities neatly tucked, making a thrilling descent down the mountain — that’s core strength in action.
“Core stability is the catch phrase in therapy and fitness,” says international fitness personality Lisa Westlake, author of several books, including Strong to the Core and Get on the Ball, (available on Amazon.com). “The tricky thing is these deep muscles are ‘out of sight, out of mind,’ so people either don’t know about them, don’t know how to turn them on or don’t care about them — until they have a back injury, that is.”
By developing your torso — abs, obliques, upper and lower back, hips, glutes and hamstrings — you improve posture, agility, stability, balance, coordination, speed, flexibility and endurance.
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