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Some of us may have an idea about what core training entails.
Swing coaches and trainers talk about it in relation to the
swing, but what actually is the core?
When the question is asked, What is the core? The most common
answer is, Your abdominals. The core can be defined as the
region of the body that incorporates the hips, abdominals,
obliques, and lower back.
The definition of the core indicates that it is an anatomical
region of the body. The top of your chest to your hips is the
easiest way to think about the core region. This part of the
body includes numerous muscles in each of these defined regions.
Think about all those little back muscles that your doctor
speaks about when you are injured. Those muscles are part of the
core. When you see those infomercials for the latest and
greatest abdominal machine, those machines are supposedly going
to give you that six pack. The muscles of the six pack are
part of your core. These two regions of the body are the easy
parts of the core to understand, but what about the other parts?
The general definition of the core indicates that it encompasses
ALL the muscles between your chest and lower body. Keeping this
definition in mind, what other muscles would be incorporated in
the core region? Probably the easiest way to do this is to
create a mental image of the body and then look at what muscles
are in this region of the body.
The hips are part of the core, and all the muscles in this
region of the body are part of the core. The muscles within the
hips contain the hip flexors, hip extensors, adductor complex,
abductor complex, gluteus maximus, gluteus minimus, gluteus
medius, origin of the hamstrings, and origin of the quads. Quite
a few muscles, wouldnt you say?
Currently, we have the muscles of the hips, low back, and the
six pack, but there are more. We can essentially factor two
more muscle groups into the core region. Probably the most under
recognized muscles in the core region are termed the deep
stabilizing muscles of the spine.
The easiest way to think of these muscles is the following:
Think about peeling away the top layer of your abdominals (the
six pack) and the top layer of your lower back muscles.
Underneath these muscles would be another group of muscles that
function to stabilize the spine. The number of muscles in this
region of the body is numerous. The names of a few are:
transverse abdominus, erector spinae, and spinaleus. Again,
these are just a few of the muscles in this region. If we were
to name all of them, it could easily fill this whole page.
We have one final group of muscles that comprise the core
region, and they are on the sides of the body (the place where
we quite often develop those love handles). You now know where
these muscles are, and we anatomically describe these muscles as
your obliques. The two major muscles in this region are the
external and internal obliques. In addition, you will find other
muscles within this region such as the serratus.
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etc. All of these activities are utilizing the core to stabilize
the spine, bend, turn, rotate the body, and transfer energy from
your feet to the upper body. (Dont worry too much about this
thought; it is for another article.) The core is integrated as a
unit and involved in almost every movement that you perform in
your daily lives. I hope by this time you can see the importance
of the core when it comes to human movement. Now let us move on
to a topic of more interest to all of us, and that is the golf
swing.
Looking at the golf swing, the core region of the body is
considered the engine of the body. It is responsible for the
balance, stability, and rotation required to swing a golf club.
From address to follow through, this section of the body plays a
large part in the execution of the swing.
If you have an understanding of what muscles comprise the core
region and their importance when it comes to human movement,
then you will undoubtedly see the importance of the core as it
pertains to the golf swing. This little discussion has probably
provided you with the understanding that there is more than
meets the eye when discussing the core region.
About the author:
Sean Cochran is one of the most recognized golf fitness
instructors in the world today. He travels the PGA Tour
regularly with 2005 PGA & 2004 Masters Champion Phil Mickelson.
He has made many of his golf tips, golf instruction and golf
swing improvement techniques available to amateur golfers on the
website http://www.bioforcegolf.com.
To contact Sean, you can email him at support@bioforcegolf.com.