what are the best drills / core exercises. I haven't done any for years. I hope doing them will improve my running
what are ur favourites / any advice
Also, I have seen the youtube video of shalane flanagan's circuit training / drills but can't find it now
does anyone have the link to it please?
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I like situps, planks, pullups, russian twist, and using the captains chair to work your abs.
As for core, I don't know the "best", but here is a decent article from Matt Fitzgerald:
http://www.active.com/running/Articles/Finding_your_core.htm
and a description of six core exercises from his website:
http://mattfitzgerald.org/article.php?id=15
As for drills, Pete Magill has GREAT drills video at Running Times here:
check out www.coachjayjohnson.com to get some excellent core and general strength routines.
Was just looking for the same thing a couple of weeks ago...and while I found lots of free videos most of them were not ideal because they skipped some of the explanations or only showed one or two drills rather than a complete core session.
The links above are good but the one below is the one I found most useful if you want a good, short, complete core workout without digging through dozens of other videos to piece together a routine.
http://www.strongerrunner.com/media/
there's a link for a free ebook and 10 min video download..you have to enter your email, so that may scare off some people...but this really was the best free core workout video for runners that I found.
Jay Johnson's site does have lots of good videos on though and would recommend that to get some ideas as well.
thanks to all
i am sure to read it all and develop my own effective routine
i do core exercises that nate jenkins recommends in his blog