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Originally Posted by wil58
No argument from me at all. We have to prepare our bodies for unexpected things that come our way....that's one of the reasons I work out. It's the exercises that we use to do this that I probably am not in total agreement on.
A lot of my rationale is based on personal experience where abdominal strain injuries start appearing once I introduced new core exercises. I no longer introduce these into my programs, instead allowing my normal lifts to control required muscle development. I feel that conventional lifts *do* train your core muscles for activities that you describe (I probably should have included this in my original post).
But the foundation core exercises should be the mundane activities that we sometimes pass off as unimportant.....nature's way of keeping us healthy.
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Then you are only prepared for the amount of stress that those mundane activities can produce. If one day you reach and stretch to catch something heavier than you're housework has 'trained' you for, you're screwed.
I'm not sure what type of training you do, but you mentioned jogging, walking and housework. I'll assume the average person around here does weight training, which does also train the 'core,' But, we sometimes still need to do specific things to give us the core strength
beyond the level of lifting that we are doing, just in case.
If I'm squatting 250, I want my core to be able to handle 250 under less than ideal circumstances (a sudden slip, twist, strain, etc.). I need to have a better chance of preventing injury under those circumstances. My 250 squat isn't enough to train me for more than that.
Now, a 250 squat or deadlift may help give me the core strength to survive catching my 60lbs tv when it's sliding off the stand when I'm moving it around the house, but probably not catching a 250lbs barbell as I lose it in the gym. So, we want to prepare for what we're likely to need.