Congratulations, you’ve made it to the final week of our 6-week Core Strength Program. Whether you’ve blitzed it in 6 weeks or taken 18 weeks to gradually increase your core strength & endurance, you’ve made it to the final week & will no doubt feel much stronger & more in control. The exercises for Week 5 are; Hands to … [Read more...]
Week 5 of the 6-Week Core Strenth Program
July 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Welcome to week 5 of the Core Strength Program. The exercises are certainly more difficult this week as we build on the previous 4 programs. If you struggled with Week 4’s exercises spend an extra week or 2 improving your strength (with W4’s program) before stepping up to the week 5 exercises. So many are direct progressions from last week’s … [Read more...]
Week 4 of the 6-week Core Strength Program
July 20, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Congratulations on making it half way through the 6-week Core Strength Program… and welcome back for week 4. This week we increase the intensity again as we add in more dynamic plank variations and double leg lowers & toe touches as we build towards one of my favourite Ab exercises ‘Hands-to-Feet’ which will feature in Week 5. If you … [Read more...]
Week 3 of the 6-week Core Strength Program
July 13, 2014 By 1 Comment
Two weeks in and no doubt you’re already feeling your core control improve and plank endurance developing. This week we progress the exercises & duration of our plank. The first 2 weeks have built a good base to introduce advanced options & new moves to the program. Again repeat the program at least 3 days this week. To start the program … [Read more...]
Week 2 of the 6-week Core Strength Program
July 6, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Congratulations on completing the first week of the program and welcome back for week 2. This week we progress the introductory exercises to harder version and use your maximum plank time to increase your core endurance using the plank. Before starting the new exercises for week 2 let’s do a quick revision of the week 1 principles of activating … [Read more...]
Week 1 of 6-week Core Strength Program
June 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Thanks for joining us for Week 1 of the OUTFIT health + fitness 6-week core strength program. For more information on the origins of this program and Core strength vs Abdominal strength check out our intro blog or for a more detailed look at some Core & abdominal anatomy Week 1 starts with 5 main exercises; TA activations Leg lifts … [Read more...]
6-week core strength program
June 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Thanks for joining us for the OUTFIT health + fitness 6-week core strength program. This program is a progressive plan, which gradually introduces harder abdominal exercises each week. I’ve started this program to keep myself honest & work on an area, which certainly isn’t my strength. Like many people I tend to neglect my core training for … [Read more...]
Abdominals & Core, Anatomy Explained
March 22, 2014 By Leave a Comment
We've included a few extra diagrams & explanations below for more detail on Abdominal anatomy. To revisit our explanation of key concepts of core strength vs abdominal strength head to our Introduction to the 6-week Core Strength Program. Week 1 can be found here. Your core muscles are made up of many muscle groups including: The Pelvic … [Read more...]
