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Rest Days for Core Work

conor678 · 2010-09-10 15:15:03

Hi, I understand the need for rest days between heavy workouts in order to give your muscles times to grow back bigger and stronger. However if you're looking to increase core strength (I normally do planks, evil wheel, medicine ball work etc.) is it necessary to take a rest day between core work outs? Any advice or…

10-09-2010 3:15pm

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conor678

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Hi,
I understand the need for rest days between heavy workouts in order to give your muscles times to grow back bigger and stronger. However if you're looking to increase core strength (I normally do planks, evil wheel, medicine ball work etc.) is it necessary to take a rest day between core work outs?

Any advice or experiences would be much appreciated

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#2 11-09-2010 6:06pm

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no it can be done most days but just vary the exercise and intensity

try some of the ones listed throughout here as it might stimulate some variety (as long as you are doing the other stuff also i.e. full body workouts, stretching, foam rolling etc )-

http://thetransformationcatalyst.wordpress.com/category/core-stomach-and-back-exercises/

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