Improve Your Stability With These Core Exercises!
Your core does more work than you may realize. When it isn’t functioning well, the rest of your body can pay the price. For example, lower back pain is linked to poor core stability and is one of the most common health complaints worldwide. If you also struggle with balance or have difficulty with everyday movements, such as getting up from a chair or reaching overhead, your core may not be as stable as it could be.
While many people focus on developing visible abs with endless crunches and sit-ups, true core stability comes from training the entire system, including your deep-core stabilizers, lower back, glutes, hips and pelvis, to work together as a unit.4 If you’re looking to add more intentional core work to your routine, experts say these three exercises are worth trying.
Dead Bug: “Dead bug trains deep-core stabilizers, mainly focusing on the transverse abdominis, along with the rectus abdominis, the internal and external obliques and your hip flexors,” says Milica McDowell, D.P.T. The exercise also trains you to resist trunk rotation, which is exactly the kind of stability your core needs to protect your spine during everyday movement.
Excerpted from Eating Well
