Summer Sport By Gini Grimsley
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About the Author Gini Grimsley is the Director of Fitness Product for VASA Fitness where she creates cutting-edge fitness programming for VASA’s clubs across eight states.
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Summer can be one of the most active times of the year. Warm weather and longer days present the perfect opportunity to enjoy outdoor activities, and golf, tennis, and swimming are three of the most popular. Instead of starting from scratch every summer, spend a bit of time training your core and focusing on hip and shoulder mobility in the spring. It will help you improve your performance significantly!
The term “core” is considered the trunk or torso of the body minus the arms, legs, and head. It is the common thread that ties these three sports together and is responsible for transducing, producing, and reducing power. Hip and shoulder mobility are also important. You can have washboard abs, but if range of motion is limited at either of those major joints, overall performance will suffer, and joint irritation can occur.