the.com/core strength
not abs for the beach, abs for not falling over when life pushes you.
means the strength and control of the muscles around your trunk, pelvis, and spine that stabilize your body during basically every movement you make.
from the term surged with pilates and physical therapy in the late 20th century, when trainers realized visible abs and functional stability are not the same thing, and started training the deep muscles you cannot see instead.
not just absincludes diaphragm, obliques, lower back, pelvic floor
fires firstactivates before your limbs even move, milliseconds ahead
plank mythholding longer does not mean stronger, form does
back pain linkweak core is a leading suspect in chronic low back pain
for instance
gymnasts on rings — hold an iron cross using pure trunk and shoulder stability
pilates reformer — joseph pilates built it in the 1920s to train exactly this
olympic weightlifters — brace the core to keep the spine rigid under 200kg loads
rock climbers — use core tension to keep feet on holds, not just arms