If you are like most people, you find yourself laying on a mat at the end of your workout, eyes looking up at the ceiling, dreading the number of crunches you need to pound out before you can call your workout complete. Whether it’s on the floor, with your legs, up, straight, or crossed, floor-based […]
Core Strength
The Importance of Dynamic Movements for Core Strength
In today’s PT Intel, John Falco, a CrossFit Level 1 and CrossFit Movement and Mobility Trainer talks about the importance of dynamic movements for core strength. Falco served for 7 years with the USAF, including a tour to Iraq. He has been involved in high intensity fitness for nearly a decade, and can be found […]
How to Do the Front Plank
The plank exercise is a super powerful way to quickly build overall core strength. Many trainers and coaches use it as a quick and easy way to measure abdominal strength with their clients and athletes. The most common of the plank exercises – and the one you probably see the most of at the gym […]
79 Different Exercises to Work Your Core [Video]
Andy McDermott is one of my favorite personal trainers to follow on YouTube. He has 170+ videos of different workouts and exercises, and many of them with little to no equipment. If you are having a hard time finding variety in your core workout you certainly will not after watching this video, where he demonstrates […]
What Muscles Does the Plank Work?
If you’re interested in using your own body weight to get fit and functional, but don’t know exactly what muscles does the plank work, this article gives you a refreshing look at one of the best forms of exercise out there! The Flat-Out Planking Truth At the end of the day planking, in all of […]
The Plank Exercise – What You Need to Know
The plank, or planking, or whatever the kids are calling it these days, is an isometric exercise (isometric means that you are in a static or stationary position) that develops the core, as well as your arms, back, glutes and shoulders. It is a fantastic way to develop flat abs, but more importantly from a […]