New Writers Welcome BootCamp Week 3. Core Talk.

Activate your core to fix the posture and get secret benefits

Jenny and her core.

I think of Jenny every time I talk about the core. Jenny was one of my BootCamp students in Singapore. She is one of a kind. Why did she exercise?

I want to exercise so I can eat more food. — Jenny

Interesting, right? She enjoys having sheer amounts of food. We’re not talking about mountains of salads here. More like pizza, fries and ice cream. A LOT.

Jenny was a consistent student. Yet, she never came for a class during the rain. Of course, we trained in a shelter on rainy days. But I digressed.

She trained for 3 years. Her goal was in check as her weight was stable. The amount of exercise was enough to balance all that food she ate. She was in good mood most of the time.

One day, she had to go for major surgery to remove her internal parts. Hysterectomy, they call it. The doctor was surprised to see her recover in 3 days instead of 3 weeks. He told her:

Ma’am, you have to thank your strong core for this swift recovery — Jenny’s doc

It was a surprise for Jenny. That’s when she learned the secret feature of the core. It protects our internal organs and the spine.

What about the posture?

Do you sit a lot during the day? Writing, reading, watching TV? How often do you change your position? How do you feel when you have to stand up?

Bad posture makes you stiff. It also impacts how you feel about your food. Planning to lose some weight? Changing your posture can be a game-changer.

In my sport, we use posture-breaking moves to make a strong opponent weaker. It’s smarter than trying to overpower someone using brute force.

What do you think about your posture?

What are we doing today?

Let’s do the easiest exercise to activate your core!

You can do this move anywhere in any clothes. Even wearing a mask is OK. Waiting for your lift, coffee, taxi or bus? Have a minute to wait for the food to cook? Perfect time for core activation!

Follow this 2 min video for instructions and the workout.

Finished? Write ‘Done for today!’ in the comments.

Was that hard? Do it every day for 1 week when you finish writing or reading on Medium. Remember to comment!

A shout-out to our regular BootCamp students! Elizabeth Sobieski, Christina Sponias, Shagufta, I’m happy to help you!

Thank you for your overwhelming support Robert Ralph, Francesca Dallaglio, Marilyn Glover, Sally Prag, Kristina God, Rose Cao, Natasha Nichole Lake, Havard Mela, Ubaid siddiqui, Winston, Victoria Valentine, Diana Meresc, Kimberlee, Daniela Nair, Marian Čaikovski, Amy Sea, Bernice Puzon, Sam Millan, Abdullahi Addow, Danicia Lee -Hanford, Varun Sakhuja, Jesna Sajan, Jennifer Essary, Don Sabado, David Perlmutter.

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Who am I?

My name is Andrey Pilipets. I’m an online fitness trainer. I train people on 3 continents every day.

My credentials? ACSM-certified personal trainer, certified BootCamp Instructor (by SGT Ken). I’ve trained over 300 people since 2011. I’m also an editor of New Writers Welcome.

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