Boot Camp Team Training

What is core strengthening and why is it so important?  First of all, when people hear the words, "core strengthening" or "core exercises", we often just think of abdominal exercises. But that is just part of the equation.  The "core" of the body is just that.  It's the center where all your power comes from.  It is made of the upper and lower abdominals, obliques, and lower back.

As one of the latest fitness fads, people have repackaged their played out ab routines as core training so they can label it as functional training.  But again, the missing ingredient is the much neglected lower back.  In an age of countless fly by the night six-pack developing gadgets, there are still droves of people, mostly casual fitness enthusiasts, incurring lower back injuries.

Core training has been around for decades before all the misinformation and outright lies within the fitness industry.  From the early days of physical culture, the importance of real strength and health weighed far more important than seeking the coveted "six pack."  The staple of the lifts in the 1800's were that of the deadlift (also known as the "health-lift" by Theodore Roosevelt), and two hands anyhow.  The best tools of the trade were and still are vintage barbells and kettlebells.

In this day and age of easing discomfort from strenuous hard work and shortcuts, the masses have strayed far away from this style of training.  There always seems to be something new to take the effort away and solve the problem.  But we have had the solution with us the entire time.  The solution is not for the faint of heart or slackers.  "Core" and functional training, including deadlifts, overhead squats, windmills, sots presses and the like require focus and dedication.  The path of real strength and fitness has no place for shortcuts.

But after preparing yourself with "core" training, you will be ready to take whatever life throws at you...from shoveling snow from the driveway to playing with the kids at the park.

Here at Punch Gym South Bend we train for exactly that-LIFE!  That is what separates us from the pretenders.  So come try out our bootcamps, kettlebell 101, or Wild Ropes classes.  For the month of July we are running a "BO-GO" special of buy one term and get a second half-off.  Come join us and experience true strength and fitness!

Best in health and life,

Ben Eaton