VS: Re: Spine Physics, Fitness - Practical Applications

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Question:

What makes a good core? What would be the qualifies or things to

develop? Basic posture, mobility, muscle strength…is there something

basic that I am missing?

Thank you Forbes for your quick reply,

I am clipping just one part of your answer. It does not do justice to

your view, but…

”As far as improving fitness or ability, as it relates to the spine,

my best advice I can give is to understand what a good spine looks

like from an anatomical perspective,…”

I do believe that posture is important, but a lot can be seen on how the

spine works. Often we have joints that do not move as they should. So

looks are not enough, one should also have tools for monitoring

functionality.

Most interesting part of your reply was about the need of individual

evaluation and personal exercise programs. We just had the same

discussion about strength training at our gym. Our “gym” conclusion was

that are response to exercise is very different. We should program our

training by feedback from our own body. (He had this discussion because

at this list has referred to an article:

“DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF STRENGTH TRAINING LEADING TO FAILURE VERSUS

NOT TO FAILURE ON HORMONAL RESPONSES, STRENGTH AND MUSCLE POWER GAINS.”

J Appl Physiol. 2006 Jan 12;

Izquierdo M, Ibanez J, -Badillo JJ, Hakkinen K, Ratamess NA,

Kraemer WJ, French DN, Eslava J, Altadill A, Asiain X, Gorostiaga EM.

One of the authors - Keijo Häkkinen - is training there too. (He did

not take part in this discussion, but I am waiting to hear what he

says:-)

BUT the point was that even in basic strength training we need to listen

more to our body. I think that in our core we have a larger variation.

It is even more important to make personal programs – as Forbes

wrote.

In every type of training the first thing is to know what is the goal.

What are he aiming at. Lets say for sake of simplicity that we would

want a good, basic, strong core so that we can build what ever we want.

This would be good for 20 to 65 years olds? - I mean the goal could be

same for both?

What would be the things to evaluate when doing a personal training

program?

Forbes stated many, but I took from that the “looks” and added

“functionality – mobility”.

Do we get a good core, by good posture and mobility exercises – and some

training of inner abs and muscles near the spine. (Local muscles as

Casler described them earlier.)

Question:

What makes a good core? What would be the qualifies or things to

develop? Basic posture, mobility, muscle strength…is there something

basic that I am missing?

Hannu Leinonen

Jyväskylä, Finland

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