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612-822-4611
Vital Core Training: Improve Strength and Reduce Pain with Functional Movement

Vital Core Training: Improve Strength and Reduce Pain with Functional Movement

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ISBN10: 1718223749
ISBN13: 9781718223745
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Published: Sep 2 2024
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.90 Depth: 9.90
Language: English
Customize core training for improved strength and enhanced function.

Vital Core Training offers an evidence-based approach to core work that equips fitness professionals and movement specialists with the tools to help clients move efficiently, safely, and without pain.

Leslee Bender--the creator of the Bender Ball(TM), a former IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, and a 40-year veteran in the fitness industry--will show you how to apply myofascial lengthening and release techniques, in combination with functional exercise, to help clients decrease pain, build strength, enhance mobility, boost flexibility, improve balance, and optimize everyday function. In Vital Core Training, she explains the how, why, and when of 78 exercises and stretches, most requiring no equipment other than a small ball, making them accessible and effective for strengthening the core while protecting the back. With step-by-step instructions and detailed photos, you'll learn how to adjust techniques for various fitness levels and incorporate the exercises into client programming.

You will also find 11 workouts; each can be used as is or customized to specific needs or goals.

  • Core essentials workouts for beginning, intermediate, and advanced clients
  • Targeted workouts for maintaining everyday function, improving posture and back health, and addressing alignment dysfunctions
  • Workouts for popular rotational sports: pickleball, tennis, and golf

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