Learn from the young

Our greatest core training happened very early on when we first started to sit up, crawl and eventually walk. Think about the training the body was doing from trunk stabilizing to stabilizing with movement. Everyday I'm more and more amazed by my daughters feets of balance and strength. You can actually see the learning curve(training) the body goes throught on a daily basis. That being said once we get older inactivity or improper body mechanics takes over and we begin the downward spiral. Lets stop that spiral today lets start from the beginning just like when we were young

Start working on ROM first don't just pick up a kettlebell and start swinging It doesn't work that way. Make sure that your ROM is good from the neck down once one joint breaks down the rest will follow. Simple active joint movement everyday prior to work out will insure proper function no weight needed remember my daughter, she practices everyday with no resistance.

Make sure that you warm up either with dynamic flexibility Lunges,squats, jump ropeworks well, anything to elevate heart rate and core temperature, just like using the foam roll you need to prepare your body to train. Here is what I do to warm up

Set timer for 15mins

5mins jump rope

5mins foam roll

2min active rom from neck down

followed by wall squats,halo's,pumps x10 each x2 approx 2min

1min lunge walks

Looks like alot and it may seem like 15 mins to warm up is along time,but for me thats what it takes to prepare myself for training.

So find what works for you, but please make sure ROM is a priority in you warm up it will enhance not just your training but your everyday activity as well.

Remember we didn't stand up first to squat down, we were squating and decided to stand up.