05/07/2026
✨CORE✨
Did you know we have 4 different layers of abdominal muscles? We mostly think of the “6 pack”, or the Re**us Abdominis, and therefore focus a lot of core training on things that train those muscles (sit ups, etc ).
I tell my clients to think about training the core from the inside out .. this helps with stability back health, and injury prevention.
Anti- rotation exercises like the ones I’m doing here train the deepest core muscles, the Transversus Abdominis (TVA). By keeping the hips and core stable during these anti-rotation exercises, you’re teaching the core to resist twisting and caving under load, and working those deep muscles that stabilize the spine.
Give them a try!
💪 Single Arm Cable Press: Be sure to keep your hips from rotating, and brace your core through the movement.
💪 Paloff Press: Press a band out in front of you, with enough tension so that it’s quite challenging not to rotate inward as your arms are extended.
💪 High Plank Pull- Throughs: In a high plank position, place a heavy dumbbell or kettlebell outside your opposite hand. Making sure to keep your hips square to the floor, pick up the weight and reposition it to the opposite side. Don’t let your hips rotate as you reposition the weight.
Do you have favorite core exercises?? I’d love to hear 🩵