http://birgitwhelan.com/2007/12/21/core-strength/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:41:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://birgitwhelan.com/2007/12/21/core-strength/#comment-549 Kathryn Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:14:35 +0000 http://birgitwhelan.com/2007/12/21/core-strength/#comment-549 Hey honey. Great reading about this type of thing. I have had lower back pain for quite some time, and have tried various treatments along with Pilates and was just recently given some 'trunk' strenthening exercises by a friend of mine who is a fitness trainer just visiting from Germany. I found these helpful. I'm lucky enough to have a gym right across the road from work but you're just left to do your own thing unless you actually elect to pay for a personal trainer which can be quite expensive. Anyway, glad the fitness is working for you. You really do feel a whole lot more alive when we engage in exercise. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and tonnes of blessings for you and Michael for 2008 !! XOX Hey honey. Great reading about this type of thing.
I have had lower back pain for quite some time, and have tried various
treatments along with Pilates and was just recently given some ‘trunk’
strenthening exercises by a friend of mine who is a fitness trainer just
visiting from Germany. I found these helpful.
I’m lucky enough to have a gym right across the road from work but you’re
just left to do your own thing unless you actually elect to pay for a
personal trainer which can be quite expensive.
Anyway, glad the fitness is working for you. You really do feel a whole lot
more alive when we engage in exercise.
Hope you had a Merry Christmas and tonnes of blessings for you and Michael
for 2008 !! XOX

]]> http://birgitwhelan.com/2007/12/21/core-strength/#comment-521 Susanne Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:33:07 +0000 http://birgitwhelan.com/2007/12/21/core-strength/#comment-521 I also am in a routine of treadmill and weights, I do a lot of yoga exercises, too. I try to brace my core muscles, as they say to do it in Pilates: breathe out, zip up and hollow and stay zipped and hollowed throughout. I have just started reading about Pilates and try to do some exercises, but I find it hard to stay zipped and hollowed throughout or brace my abdominal muscles throughout every exercise. First I brace them well and then during the exercise they loosen. I think it is quite an effort to always consciously do this. It sure is worth it, though! I also am in a routine of treadmill and weights, I do a lot of yoga exercises, too. I try to brace my core muscles, as they say to do it in Pilates: breathe out, zip up and hollow and stay zipped and hollowed throughout. I have just started reading about Pilates and try to do some exercises, but I find it hard to stay zipped and hollowed throughout or brace my abdominal muscles throughout every exercise. First I brace them well and then during the exercise they loosen. I think it is quite an effort to always consciously do this. It sure is worth it, though!

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