What Are Some Simple Core Muscle Exercises I Can Do At Home?

I am trying to improve my core body strength for Hockey matches, i’ve been told it helps a fair bit. So im looking for some basic exercises I can do that help to improve them.

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6 Responses to “What Are Some Simple Core Muscle Exercises I Can Do At Home?”

  1. Mel on August 28th, 2009 at 5:22 pm

    Crunches
    Reverse Crunches
    Pushups
    Planks
    Leg ups
    Hip up’s
    Look these exercizes up on youtube for more information on how to presue the pose. All of these are great for core strengthning and my doctor reccomended them to me.
    Hope i’v helped, and best of luck!
    Running is also a good core exercize, along with jump rope and other cardio.

  2. phaith_u on August 28th, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    Hi, this is my routine:
    Building core body strength with the exercise ball
    * Front walkout – Place chest on exercise ball and walk forward on hands as far as possible, rolling exercise ball from chest toward feet, keeping stomach muscles tight to keep lower back flat. Start by moving exercise ball to thighs; to increase difficulty move exercise ball to knees then feet. Walk hands back to starting position. Repeat 3 to 5 times.
    * Back walk-out – Sit on exercise ball with arms to sides; walk feet forward as far as possible, rolling exercise ball from buttocks toward neck, keeping stomach muscles tight to keep lower back flat and do not raise head. Start by moving exercise ball to upper back; to increase difficulty move exercise ball to neck. Walk feet back and return to sitting position. Repeat 3 to 5 times. For more difficulty, complete exercise with arms straight overhead; with exercise ball at neck, lift and straighten one leg at a time, 5 times each leg.
    *Reverse crunch – Place chest on exercise ball and walk forward on hands until ball is at kneecaps, keeping stomach muscles tight to keep lower back flat. Pull the ball up towards arms by bending at hips and knees, then straighten and push the ball back. Repeat 5 times. Walk hands back to starting position.
    * Reverse extension – Place chest on exercise ball and walk forward on hands until exercise ball is at kneecaps, keeping stomach muscles tight to keep lower back flat. Roll the ball to thighs by keeping hands in place, moving arms to an overhead position, bringing head and chest down near floor; return arms to perpendicular to body with exercise ball back at knee caps. Repeat 5 times. Walk hands back to starting position.
    *Combination – Complete the reverse crunch and reverse extension in one continuous, controlled movement, pulling exercise ball up to chest and extending back 5 times.
    Hope it helps

  3. IQ test on August 29th, 2009 at 1:44 am

    Hi I work for a website called http://icyou.com which has thousands of videos on a wide variety of health topics. Here is a link to a video we created that demonstrates exercises you can do to increase your core strength: http://icyou.com/topics/fitness-exercise…
    Hope this helps!

  4. x.abigai on August 29th, 2009 at 1:49 am

    Get down on your knees, and then put your hands and arms (up to your elbows) out flat in front of you.
    Then put your legs out behind you and go onto your toes.
    Stay in this position for as long as you can stand. This builds up the muscles in your stomach and is said to be better then sit ups =)

  5. mo on August 29th, 2009 at 3:27 am

    Gym balls are great for core muscles. Even if you just have one and use it to sit on at your computer, it will help.

  6. teacup raincoat on August 29th, 2009 at 9:34 am

    It helps a lot! Try doing some stuff with the Egoscue method. http://www.patchfitness.com or egoscue.com

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