What does core training actually mean?
* Its basic idea is a good one. People who are training should not neglect training ‘core’ muscle groups that should include abdominals, obliques, and lower-back muscles. In many ways, you are only as strong as your core muscles. The question is how do you train these muscle groups? Do you need numerous, new and exotic exercises for many sets and a variety of repetition durations and range? Or, can you train these muscle groups as you would any other muscle group? As you can see, if the correct answer is the second one, then training these muscle groups is really quite straightforward. You do not need special core training coaches or new exercises. And, training core muscle groups should not take much time let alone require special 30-60 minute classes. Here is one example from my own training. I do each of these exercises for one set each, once per week: abdominal crunch on a machine (for the control and ability to effectively ‘overload’ this muscle group), dumbbell side bend, hanging
