I'm hearing alot about working the core muscles. When i ask my coach to define them, she vaguely motions to her hips and stomach.
What are the core body muscles?
Why are they getting so much attention, recently?
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Certainly the more you derive your power from the center of your body, the less you will be relying on your arms and legs for strength. So rotation certainly would require solid strong psoas muscles, which would allow perhaps your legs and arms to be more relaxed and stay stronger longer. Look at a lot of the Paralympians: some with no legs, or shortened legs, or no arms, or shortened arms, yet at the Paralympics at Beijing, some very fast times. They clearly are using central trunk muscles like the psoas.
Good observation! By the way, that seems to imply someone with a larger torso and shorter limbs is better physically equipped for swimming, though long legs are desirable for walking and running.
Certainly the more you derive your power from the center of your body, the less you will be relying on your arms and legs for strength. So rotation certainly would require solid strong psoas muscles, which would allow perhaps your legs and arms to be more relaxed and stay stronger longer. Look at a lot of the Paralympians: some with no legs, or shortened legs, or no arms, or shortened arms, yet at the Paralympics at Beijing, some very fast times. They clearly are using central trunk muscles like the psoas.
Good observation! By the way, that seems to imply someone with a larger torso and shorter limbs is better physically equipped for swimming, though long legs are desirable for walking and running.
