Nine of the best exercises you can do at home to strengthen your core and improve stability! Exercises for your abs, obliques, and lower back, with some additional hip emphasis as well. Having a strong core is paramount in living a healthy, pain-free life - performing these exercises daily will help get you there!
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WHAT IS CORE STRENGTH?
When you hear the phrase “strong core”, what do you think of?
For most of us, our minds go to a strong stomach and “6-pack abs”.
While the “6-pack muscle” (the rectus abdominis) is important, it doesn’t make up the entire core! I would even argue that from a function and stability point of view, it’s actually the least important of the core muscles!
In order to truly have a “strong core” we should focus not only on the muscles in our stomach, but our sides (obliques) and lower back (quadrates lumborum and spinal erectors) as well.
I usually go even one step further with my patients and clients and recommend exercises that strengthen the hip muscles as well. This provides a strong, stable platform on top of which the core can operate.
HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR CORE
Strengthening your core comes from consistently performing resisted exercises everyday that will strengthen these important stabilizing muscle groups.
And that’s exactly what I wanted to present to you in this video today!
I’ve taken 9 of my favorite core exercises and divided them into 3 categories:
1. Anterior Exercises: for your abs and front of your hips
2. Lateral Exercises: for your obliques and hip abductors
3. Posterior Exercises: for your spinal erectors and glutes
I’ve further broken these categories down into “beginner”, “intermediate”, and “advanced” options so surely there’s something that will meet your unique strength and ability level.
⭐️ HOW TO USE THE EXERCISES IN THIS VIDEO⭐️
Select the exercise from each category (anterior, lateral, and posterior) that is best suited to your strength and ability level and perform those three exercises daily.
Once you can perform 3 sets of 10-12 reps with good form and minimal fatigue, try to progress to the next level of exercises.
**THE BEST CORE STRENGTH EXERCISES**
ANTERIOR PROGRESSION
POSTERIOR TILT WITH MARCH
DYING BUG
PLANK
LATERAL PROGRESSION
HIP ABDUCTION
SIDE PLANK
SIDE PLANK HIP ABDUCTION
POSTERIOR PROGRESSION
GLUTE BRIDGE
SINGLE LEG GLUTE BRIDGE
SWIMMER
Here is a quick 5 Minute Core Workout you can do everyday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcwh_79owDw
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OTHER GREAT VIDEOS YOU MIGHT ENJOY:
CORE EXERCISES FOR LOWER BACK PAIN: https://youtu.be/hqYyFo1DcL8
CORE EXERCISES FOR SCIATICA: https://youtu.be/CWRWeoaqi8k
CORE POSTURE WORKOUT (FIX ANTERIOR TILT): https://youtu.be/KOcgp1d6BE8
5 CORE EXERCISES YOU SHOULD DO EVERYDAY: https://youtu.be/GFus5TyIlCM
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