Strengthening Your Core For a Strong, Fit Body

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Strengthening Your Core For a Strong, Fit Body You know it's going to be a long spring when half your clients hobble in with back pain from yard work.  It's only April, people!  At this rate, all my clients will be bed-ridden by May. To stop this train wreck, I'm going to talk about the importance of your core - Those lovely little muscles that surround your spine and attempt to protect it from the dumb things we do, like bending over 467 times to pull weeds or move rocks or stack bricks or whatever other bright ideas we have when puttering around in the yard.  A strong core and common sense may just get us through this season. Exercise Expert The Importance of Strengthening Your Core Muscles We talk about core strength, but what does it mean and how do you get it?  It starts with understanding what the core is made of and what you can do to build core strength on a daily basis. READ NOW Share Why you should try pyramid strength training Pyramid training is a great way to spice up your strength workouts, add intensity and build strong, lean muscle. Learn the basics of pyramid strength training for building muscle and strength. READ NOW Share This Is How Women in Menopause Should Exercise If you're a woman experiencing the thrilling symptoms of menopause, you may have noticed you've gotten a little fluffier around the middle. This is normal and it happens to all of us, but that doesn't make it fair. Learn how you can use exercise to lose that menopause weight gain. READ NOW Share Toning Your Triceps If you have extra fat around the triceps (otherwise known as 'batwings' and other descriptive terms), you may wonder how to tone up and get rid of that fat. There are ways to target the triceps to build stronger, firmer muscles. Get the facts about toning the triceps. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Exercise newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved