Stay flexible with core strength training

plilates legs 150x150 Stay flexible with core strength trainingYou really need to focus on core exercise as you get older.

Although loss of muscle tissue starts as early as in our 30s and 40s, it’s later in life that we really start to notice how much those changes affect us.

As muscle fibers shrink and become less flexible, our backs are no longer as strong as they once were and our stomachs start to look flabby.

Back pain is a very common complaint and a painful back is a very aging condition preventing you from holding yourself upright with confidence. Read more

Free Core Exercises – tighten up the abdominal flab

free core exercises Free Core Exercises   tighten up the abdominal flab

If you haven’t tried a core exercise program yet – here’s a few free core exercises you can have a go at without calling in a personal trainer.

One of the best things about a core exercise routine is that you can do it for free in the comfort of your own home. All you need for a core exercise routine is a fitness ball and somewhere soft like a carpeted floor or a mat and you’re ready to go.

So core exercise can be one of the easiest forms of fitness training to fit into your schedule – however busy you are.  Even better – in conjunction with a healthy diet – core exercises really help shift those stubborn areas of abdominal flab.

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Swim your way to core strength

swimming girl Swim your way to core strengthMany of us now know the importance of core strength training for dealing with abdominal flab and preventing back problems.

We hunt for the best free core exercises on the web without realizing that the solution may lie in a familiar activity that we haven’t even considered as core exercise – swimming fitness.

Swimming fitness in fact offers you something like a positive double whammy. For starters it’s an extremely good form of aerobic exercise – flooding your brain with oxygen and raising your pulse rate. Read more