We will be closing Friday at 12 p.m. and will be closed Saturday. We are heading out to a Perform Better Workshop in Baltimore for the weekend to learn some new things to bring back to the gym.
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Unique Way to Train Your Core
If you've ever worked out you're probably familiar with the plank and/or its variations, hopefully your not still doing endless crunches :) While planks are very effective and a great way to train your core there are some additional ways to sneak in some great core work while working other total body movements.
These exercises are known as Unbalanced Load Training, where you take a dumbbell of a certain weight in one hand and then another of a different weight in the other hand. So what this will do is teach your body to stabilize as you lift a weight that is unbalanced. In order to stabilize you must activate the core muscles, thus challenging them to a great degree than if the weight was equal in each hand.
Think about when you pick something heavy up off the floor. Chances are that it's weight is not evenly distributed. A great example is lifting and moving furniture. Or for you ladies, shopping. You have bags of all different weights in one hand and then a 30 pound purse slung over the other shoulder.
Here are some exercise examples all done with two dumbbells of different weights.
DB Front Squat
DB Single Leg RDL
DB Bent-Over Row
Give these a try and you'll noticed your core beginning to stabilize all while burning fat and getting you lean and tone and ready to hit the beach this summer!
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