Smart Core Exercise - Alligator Walk Suicides (Advanced Plank Progression)
HOW TO TRAIN THE CORE PROPERLY Contrary to popular belief, the core was not designed to move the spine- it was designed to protect the spine from movement. When the spine flexes, extends or rotates (twists), it places severe stress on the discs. The goal of core exercise is to train the core to resist movement throughout all planes of motion and various loading patterns so that the entire body can operate as one single unit. WHO DISCOVERED THAT SIT-UPS ARE BAD? A Spine Biomechanics Professor, Dr. Stuart McGill was first to discover that the sit-up exercise places harmful stress on the spine. A great article posted on Mens Health interviewed and covered several of Dr. Stuart McGill's ground breaking research on core training and its impact on the spine. Check out the article below or do a Google search of his name to find hundreds of his studies on this topic. After reading the article below, you'll learn that the sit-up is merely one of the many exercises that are dang