Whether you’re training your core for strength, aesthetics, or functionality, the core needs to be trained just like any other muscle group. Bodyweight core exercises can be beneficial, but adding extra resistance (with weights, in this example), can take your core to another level. It’s just like progressing from bodyweight squats to weighted squats when you are looking to improve the strength, looks, and function of your legs. Here’s a little weighted core circuit for you to get started with!

The @functionaltraining.system gives you a way to get a solid workout no matter where you are. Most of the joint discomfort people live with does not come from being sedentary alone. It comes from a loss of mechanical coherence, or how well the body stays connected and coordinated during everyday movement. When that integration starts to break down, certain joints end up taking on more stress than they were designed to handle instead of that load being shared across the whole body. This instruct