Summer family vacations are right around the corner. If you want to get ready for activities like swimming, hiking, surfing, sightseeing, tennis, golf, touch football that’s means exercise. When your body isn’t ready for all of the summer fun and games you feel it the next day. That’s when getting out of bed is a challenge. Your back isn’t happy and you didn’t have the foresight to bring your chiropractor with you.
Of course it doesn’t have to be that way. A little bit of preparation now will save you a whole lot of pain down the road. The key is the core. Strengthening the middle of your body is one of the best ways to prepare it for the rigors of playing hard all summer long.
Here is a list of a few classic core exercises. Remember the key to exercise is to begin slowly. If you try to do too much too fast you will end up very sore and are more likely to give up. Do a little bit each day and add repetitions as the exercise gets easier.
The Mayo Clinic has an excellent slide show of 13 core exercises complete with pictures and detailed instructions for each. Click here to visit their site.
