Core strength

[Night Train]

I read an article on Victorial Pendleton where she says she works out for core stability.

I know that I have very strong shoulders and fairly strong legs but I lack in core strength in order to make the best of the strength I have.

What excercises can I do to gradually work on my core muscles and build up some strength and stability?

I think I will need this as I am rehersing some dancing on stage and lifting women. Though I can lift them I struggle with maintaining the balance and control once they are up there.

Thanks,
NT

 

[walker]

Work on your lower back just as much as your abdomin, Otherwise you will find you will lean forwards just working on your abs.
Start off with some basic crunches and Back extensions, but gradually introduce a fitball into your work, this will add greater stability to your exercises.....

 

[Night Train]

Thank you.

Bruce Lee training sounds good. I will start looking into incorporating abs and lower back more.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

What excercises can I do to gradually work on my core muscles and build up some strength and stability?

I think I will need this as I am rehersing some dancing on stage and lifting women.

why not just lift women instead of weights...more fun that way.

 

[Night Train]

why not just lift women instead of weights...more fun that way.

Would be more fun if I could do more then just dance with some of them. Trouble is, because I am tall I get the bigger, taller women and not the dainty little ones to chuck around. The same weight in timber is easier to lift, doesn't fidget, giggle or fight back.

 

[johnny]

Pilates will sort you out pretty quickly.

 

[Night Train]

Ahhh, Pilates! Not thought if that one. I shall investigate that too. Thanks.

 

[Yellow Fang]

Circuits is pretty good too.

 

[col]

Squat thrusts and lunges can help here.

 

[ASC1951]

The same weight in timber is easier to lift, doesn't fidget, giggle or fight back.

Is that what our American cousins mean by 'giving you wood'?

 

[Night Train]

Is that what our American cousins mean by 'giving you wood'?

I convinced a woman to go out with me on the basis of the amount of wood I could supply her with, we negotiated on the size and moisture content and how much she could take and how often and if she wanted more in length or girth.

I was talking fire wood, dont know what she was on about!

I shall look at squat thrusts, I used to do a lot of them but haven't done in years.

Ta.

 

[ColinJ]

Is that what our American cousins mean by 'giving you wood'?

Oh, don't - I've only just stopped chuckling at the programme where Louis Theroux suggests that an 'actor' who starred in gay porn films might, er, actually be gay or bisexual. The guy got a major strop on when LT suggested that a straight man might find it hard to 'get wood' in such a situation. It's the way he keeps a straight face when he's winding people up...

 

[Speicher]

Ahhh, Pilates! Not thought if that one. I shall investigate that too. Thanks.

You will probably find that you are the only man in a Pilates class of about ten or fifteen women. Women of all ages, I hasten to add.

 

[Will1985]

Is pilates like yoga? Cyclists usually have poor flexibility particularly in the legs, so stretching and yoga type things should be beneficial.

 

[Speicher]

I have not done Yoga, so could not answer that.

It was my Physiotherapist who suggest Pilates. She said I needed to improve my core strength. I have certainly noticed a marked improvement in my flexibility, and strength.

The class I go to is at the Local Leisure Centre and costs £25 for six weeks, one hour a week.