The core of your body is very important to your weight lifting abilities. If you find yourself in a lull or unsatisfied with the fruits of your labor, go back to your foundation and make sure the base of your body is strong. Once the base is solid, then start expanding your strength into your limbs and other muscles.
Good core exercises:
sit-ups
bridges
twists w/ weight
back extensions
leg raises (from laying flat on the ground)
leg adductors
leg abductors
toe reaches
With a good core comes numerous benefits: better balance, better power, less injuries, improved stability when lifting weights, and other similar positive effects.
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Jennifer Nicole Lee, the cover model and celebrity trainer, will appear on HSN on August 9th and August 10th. She will appear a total of five times to promote the Ab Circle Pro — a popular fitness machine that has been called a “treadmill for your abs”.
The Ab Circle Pro has already been sold to in excess of 90 countries around the world. The fitness machine, which is compact enough to store under your bed, has three resistance levels that allows for it to be useful for all fitness levels.
Jennifer Nicole Lee, who gets called “JNL” by her fans, believes …read more

Your body core (link explains what your core muscles are) is very important to how much weight you can lift – even on exercises such as bench press and curls that don’t directly engage your core muscles.  What can core do for you?
One beneficial aspect of strengthening core muscles is you will improve your form.  Take curls for example.  Although performing a regular dumbell curl is supposed to only work your bicep, you still need your core to stabilize your arm’s lifting.  Think about it, you can have the strongest arms in the world, but without a good core, heavier …read more