Powerhouse Youth

February 2, 2009

Strengthening Your Core Muscles - The Key to A Good Body Posture

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Summary

If you are familiar with our strength training essays, you will know this already, but nevertheless, it is important that you read and understand our legal disclaimer before making changes based on any of the core muscle workout presented in this report. This report, ‘Strengthening Your Core Muscles - The Key to A Good Body Posture’, is another report in our collection of essays on back muscles, core muscle exercise and training issues, commissioned to help encourage understanding of the convoluted issues involved in this sometimes confusing area.

Suppose that at a distance you see a short, stooped figure walking with short, slow steps. Most likely, you will conclude that the person is old. The hunched posture gives you the clue.

Why does aging contort so many bodies in this way? The reason is that many people, throughout their lives, never extend the neck to its full range, and so the muscles shorten. Long hours of reading, sewing, typing, or standing at a workbench take their toll. Eventually deposits of calcium salts in the joints complete the process of immobilization. Once this calcification takes place, nothing can be done to reverse it.

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