Shrinking My Core

Very sore today, I plan on doing Back to Core tonight and I am sure it will be a struggle. I really enjoy Back to Core so at least I am not looking down the barrel of something like Vertical Plyo, wait that is most likely tomorrow.

The weather here has been inconsistent at best and I am seeing lots of rain at night which is hindering my training schedule. I don’t mind running in the rain but the lightning I kind of mind.

I am experiencing some strange feeling about my size; it seems now that I have shrunk in size when I do put back on a few pounds (which sometimes seems a little too easy for me to do) I really feel self conscious about it. This is funny because I have never really felt this way before but now I feel as though I am letting myself down if the cloths that have become lose on me don’t continue to feel this way. I have gotten more comfortable and I am not stepping on the scale as often but rather measure my progress by how my cloths fit.

I once went to a seminar where the speaker said that I am willing to bet that 75% of the people in this room are currently wearing clothes that are too tight on them and those that are not will experience this feeling of restriction within the next year with the cloths you are currently wearing. I have often thought about this statement and I am happy to say I have now gotten to the point where I am reversing that trend for myself. I am even willing to bet the suit I was wearing that day may be lose on me today.

Find something that makes you happy and hold on to it. 

Core Training, Making Improvements and Increasing Performance

You may think of the core as isolated abdominal muscles such as the familiar transverse abdominals, oblique’s, and anterior abs. In fact, your core is the ENTIRE trunk from your hips and pelvis to your neck and cervical spine. Its purpose is to be your body’s foundation for all of your sport movements. The purpose of this foundation (your core) is to STOP or control motion, not create it.

In fact, the definition of stability in athletics is to stop or control motion in the presence of motion somewhere else in the body such as in the swinging arms and legs of a runner. The true goal of core development is to create STABILITY, which is central for superior athletic performance, protection from injury, and overall good health. The pelvis and the lumbar spine, in particular, must be rock solid.