There's nothing aesthetic about strengthening these muscles. It's like insulating your house. To be sure, fitness trainers and physical therapists recognize a potential gold mine in core training. Trainers use a barrage of resources from simple stretches to giant gym balls to promote healthy backs and overall balance. The weight machines isolate each muscle and tone it effectively.
People first have to learn the proper techniques.
He notes that improper crunches could hurt the neck or shoulders or fail to address the underlying muscles. Zimmerman, who lives in Grosse Pointe Farms, works out two or three days a week at the Detroit Athletic Club, using Swanboro as her guide. She warms up for 10 minutes on the elliptical runner, a cardiovascular machine that makes her muscles more supple for the grueling series of 10 weight machines. She stands at a multi-hip machine, set for a low weight, then slowly does 15 repetitions for her inner and outer thigh. She gets up and stretches the opposite direction for balance.