Georgia Personal Training At Georgia Personal Training we know that Core Strength Training and Rotational Power Training is vital. It is responsible for stabilizing your spine, providing power when you need it most, and helping to transfer energy from one part of the body to another. Without a strong core, you are more likely to injure yourself and limit your performance on the field or court. However, there are several ways that athletes can strengthen their core—depending on their sport and goals. In this post we will break down how each type of training works so that you can start incorporating these exercises into your routine! Isolated core power movements are designed to build rotational power through specific planes of movement that target the abdominal muscles along with their surrounding musculature (rectus femoris, spinalis thoracis). This can be done on a medicine ball or with resistance bands attached to a cable machine at various angles of rotation to challenge your body in new ways as you progress through each exercise. Directly targeting these muscles will help you develop strong transverse abdominis while also teaching you how to control your core during movement patterns such as squats or deadlifts by activating [...]