Why do we need to work on our core?

Working on your core becomes important for the human body during your training process. It is important that people do it right and know what and how strengthening your core actually does. The first reason would be help preventing injuries; an effective exercise for building core is stability to draw in the abdominal muscles, hold your breath for 5 seconds and then relax.

Want no more back pain? Well having back pain can be a common side effect of a weak core. It is known that if our back muscles are overly strong it means are abdominals are weak. Therefore by building core strength will help bring balance to the front and back of you body. For example, if you work in an office and sit at a desk all day this doesn’t help. This can lead to things like compressed discs in our spine therefore we must engage our core and be mindful on how you are sitting.

3 best steps to working your core is

1. Hold yourself in a plank position for 1 to 5 minutes – the reason for this is because you are physically holding your body in a certain static position. You need to maintain a stable trunk whilst holding this position that will engage several muscles groups in your core which is a great way of core strengthening.
2. Side planks for 2 to 3 minutes – even though this is another plank, it’s another position for your body to take in. it’s good to try different angles as it works different ways each time. This plank target more specific muscles groups such as the either side of your body.
3. Using a Swiss ball – this is effective as you can do many things with the ball itself. This can be more active involving sit ups. You need to make sure you are in a correct position and comfortable.

Another active exercise through using equipment is a kettle-bell. This helps strengthen your muscles and takes away weight. It makes you have an easier time performing daily activities, you work your muscles in the same way as when you do for daily activities. These involve stuff like, cleaning, holding shopping bags, carrying your baby, lugging heavy luggage. If you were to have a personal trainer, they can help you to learn proper form as well as being creative with the movements you choose to do. By using this, you will see more weight loss in less time. The kettle-bell workouts are effective as they tighten and tone your body very quickly