How to Activate Your Core
Warm Up Your Core • 9m 13s
Your core is your powerhouse — it powers all of your movement. Use this routine pre-workout or on cross-training days to make sure these key muscles are awake and doing their job to optimize your power and prevent injuries.
- Focus: strength, performance
- Key muscles: core, back
- When: pre-workout or cross-training
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When it comes to Balance, your core is always a good place to start.
Use this practice to understand how your spine is designed to move, and how to activate and strengthen your core muscles to support that engineering and ease imbalance.
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Functional Core
Functional (practical) core strength means core muscles that are strong enough to safely and effectively power sport and life movement. Use this routine to build a foundation of deep core strength that will help you gain and sustain power when you walk, run, cycle, and more.
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Core Strength with Alysia Montaño
Your core is your powerhouse — it's the engine for your extremities. Join Olympian Alysia Montaño at one of her local training spots for a quick routine to activate and strengthen your core muscles for running and beyond.
- Focus: core strength
- Key muscles: core, hips, glutes
- When: pre-workou...
