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The core training trend

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2. Reebok core training
   The low-down: Already a hot workout in the States, Reebok Core Training is set to hit our shores this spring. Hailed as a fitness breakthrough, it’s based on the premise that, if you improve torso strength, limb function will also improve. The workout focuses on conditioning your core. You achieve this through variations of traditional step class movements, while standing on the Reebok Core Board – a round, slightly wobbly platform about two inches high that tilts and turns with your body’s movements. Gin Miller, an American fitness expert and one of Core Training’s creators, says, ‘This is a dynamic strength and conditioning programme, where you’re constantly being challenged to use multiple muscle groups, including your hips, legs and back, to balance yourself on the board.’ You end up integrating, not isolating, muscle activity, and the result is a fun, challenging workout that ultimately improves strength, agility and overall performance. Best of all, anyone, from a novice exerciser to a competitive athlete, can benefit from core training.

   Further Information: Ring Reebok on 01524 591888 for classes near you.

3. Synergie
   The Low-down: Synergie is a new class using mats, hand weights and body bars to help you analyse your own body movements and identify weaker muscle groups and imbalances. ‘Educate’ and ‘Motivate’ are the key words for this exciting class, that fuses core stability – Pilates, flexibility, yoga, tai chi, and traditional sculpting exercises like weight lifting – to tone specific muscles in the tummy or arms. The class kicks off with a general warm up, then targets all the major skeletal and muscular systems by addressing posture, breathing, lumbar and pelvic stability and flexibility. You can personalise the class, depending on your fitness level and objectives, by choosing a 45-, 60- or 90-minute version of the workout.

   Further Information: Available at L.A. Fitness. Ring 020 73668020 for details.


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