In today's training video, I take us through a progression of three relatively high level functional exercises to train abdominal and pelvic control in runners. These builds on the concepts introduced in this video about pelvic control being one important foundation of running technique.
To me, the term 'core control' doesn't simply refer to a runner's ability to activate the deep abdominal muscles (TvA etc...), more so the ability to maintain an appropriate pelvic position and posture throughout movements that are functional to their chosen activity. This ability is exactly what we're challenging and training with the exercise progressions above...
N.B. These are higher level exercises. I'd suggest that that runners should already be able to display good lumbro-pelvic control during floor-based and quadruped type exercises. These weight bearing exercises form an important progression from non-functional to functional exercises for any runner.
