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Thank you so much for checking out today's show.

This is episode 60 of the Squat University podcast.

The goal with each and every one of these shows

is to bring you as much value-packed content to help you move better in the gym and in life,

decrease your body aches and pains and help you reach your true athletic potential.

Now, the topic of today's podcast is all about the core, and specifically, how do we train

it? Do we train for stability? Do we train for strength? Let's get into it and see what the research actually says. Now, there's two general approaches many coaches, practitioners will take to address a weak link at the core. Now, the first most common method you'll see in gyms all across the world is dynamic strengthening. Basically, we're moving the spine. This is

going to be exercises like crunches or back extensions, Russian twists, side bends while you're

holding a weight on one side. But basically, many coaches have used these exercises that build

strength through movement with this mindset that a stronger

core, the stronger we can get those muscles, is going to give the spine less chance for

buckling and bending under tension. So the stronger I can get the muscles by moving them

under load just like we would with anything else, like the squat's going to strengthen

your glutes and it's going to strengthen your quads and hamstrings. But basically, if I can

take that same approach and put it onto our spine in the core, it's going to give our spine less

chance for buckling. Now, to a point, this is true. Every muscle that surrounds the spine does need to

have a sufficient amount of strength to turn on and contribute to providing stability

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