I've been having spine issues that came from being overly aggressive doing a plank variation ("stir the pot") and I'm wondering whether planks are necessary in general. I never get this sort of injury from swimming (while I do swim in a style that emphasizes engaging the core.)
Just curious if others have experience in not doing any specialized core training other than what you get from doing hard swimming (and whether that feels like enough)? I want to reduce risk of injury but at the same time don't want to set myself up for even worse instability from losing core strength that I feel comes from doing the planks.
I went from an out of shape blob to having very solid core strength in a little over year, mostly by doing lots of intense swim interval training (USPRT). I did some mild core exercises (crunches) at first, but eventually gave that up and just swam. I think you get a lot of core exercise swimming hard.
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Diet was obviously a big part of the weight loss, but you can't diet your way to a solid core.
I went from an out of shape blob to having very solid core strength in a little over year, mostly by doing lots of intense swim interval training (USPRT). I did some mild core exercises (crunches) at first, but eventually gave that up and just swam. I think you get a lot of core exercise swimming hard.
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Diet was obviously a big part of the weight loss, but you can't diet your way to a solid core.
