Health tip

Build the Core!

People who train with weights try to isolate muscles to make them grow. Isolation exercises are a great way to build individual muscles, but a terrible way to create imbalances in the body if not done correctly or EVENLY throughout the ENTIRE Body.

This imbalance can make the body less functional and can cause injury. Muscles create a link between joints, that scientists call kinetic chain. Every joint movement depends on other joints and muscles to provide stabilisation or assist in the movement. The key to these linked movements is the CORE, the muscles of the abdomen, side stabilizing muscles and spinal extensor muscles. These muscles help transfer force from the lower limb, to the upper body. which increases body’s stability and agility in support and movement.

The core is best built by (pilates) stabilizing exercises (side bridges, isometric back extensions etc) whole body exercises on unstable surfaces, (swizz balls, mini balls, foam rollers, reformers), whole body dynamic exercises (free mass movement exercises, such as lunges with accessories, front & back squats, etc) and functional exercises (Olymipic lifts, etc).