Two Questions this week from Marc and John :

Marc:
I’ve had knee issues for years, which has made me hesitant to focus on leg exercises. Can you recommend a good exercise I can do at home without putting too much pressure on my knees?

Declan:
Before I can answer this question accurately I would need to know more about the “knee issues” you are having. Have you seen a physical therapist or orthopedic doctor about the issues and if so what was their diagnosis and did they recommend for you to perform or avoid any specific exercises?

John:
I’m new to core exercising… but want to make it a regular part of my routine. at this point, I regularly do planks… but aside form that, i can’t think of any other core exercises I do. can you tell me about some others?

Declan:
The “Core” has become a very popular buzz word lately in fitness yet there are many different and often conflicting ideas or definitions of what it actually means. For me the core encompasses the whole torso basically all the way down the spine and into the hips and therefore would involve training all the muscles in this region not just the Transverse Abdominus as some people prescribe. These muscle groups include the Lats, Pectorals, rectus Abdominus, Obliques, Errrector Spinae, Quadratus Lumborum and many more. There are hundred’s of exercises that you can incorporate into your program to help train your “core”. FitnessBuilder contains many different Core specific workouts.

60 Days:
Here are two examples of core exercises that I have done: FitnessBuilder Russian Twist and FitnessBuilder Torso Twist .

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