What Are Core Sliders, Exactly?
Core sliders are small disk-like exercise accessories that can add an extra level of challenge and diversity to your standard home workout routine. Core sliders are commonly designed from tough plastic (or try our beautiful bamboo discs),featuring a smooth slide side and a padded foam surface on the other.
They can be used on all sorts of floors: yoga mats, carpet, hardwood, and tile. They allow for full range of motion in exercises and are a very valuable addition to your fitness toolkit, whether you're a new beginner or an experienced exerciser.
What Do Core Sliders Do?
Here are some of the benefits of incorporating core sliders into your routine:
Increased Core Strength: Core sliders activate your core throughout the range of motion, thus creating a powerful stability force within the central part.
Stability and Balance: Using core sliders will require constant engagement with stabilizing muscles, which enhances general balance and coordination.
Gentle on the Joints: The smooth gliding motion would be easy on your joints. It makes core sliders a wonderful option for low impact exercises.
Versatility: They can be used for a wide range of activities and modes of exercise that target all muscles in your body, including the core, back, arms, and legs.
Portability: Light in weight and compact, core sliders are easily portable, making it easy to carry them with you. So, you can keep on doing your routine exercises even when you are traveling out.
How to Use Core Sliders
You can easily incorporate core sliders into your routine, as this is one real and very effective way to take the intensity up a notch. Here is what you need to do in a step-by-step guide:
Warm-Up Begin with a gentle warm-up exercise to make those muscles ready for the workout. Warm-ups can include dynamic stretches or light cardio.
Variations of planks:
Basic Plank: Place the sliders under your feet in a high plank position and hold the plank with your core tight.
Mountain Climbers: From the plank position, slide one knee up to your chest and return back to the starting position; switch, then continue with this running-like mountain climber motion.
Out and in: Start in the plank position with your feet together. Slide feet out to the side at the same time and then pull them back in keeping your core engaged and your weight forward over your shoulders.
Lunges:
Reverse Lunges: Stand with one foot on a slider. Then pull that foot back into a lunge position with the core engaged and return to the starting position. Repeat this movement on the other side.
Lateral Lunges: Stand with one foot on a slider. Slide that foot out to the side into a lateral lunge position with the core engaged, and then slide back to the starting position. Repeat on the other side.
Curtsy Lunge: Stand on one foot with the other on a slider. Slide the other foot back beside the working leg, behind you in a curtsy position, trying to stay as tall as possible through the body, then return to the standing starting position. Perform this movement for 10 reps before doing it on the other side.
Core Exercises:
Knee Tucks/Bear: In a plank position, place sliders under your feet and pull both knees toward your chest before extending them back out.
Pikes: From plank position, slide feet towards hands by lifting hips up to ceiling, keeping legs straight.
Upper Body:
Push-Ups: Sliders under hands from high plank position, perform push up allowing hands to slide out at bottom.
Arm Circles: Kneeling on the floor with sliders placed under both your hands, now move in circular motion to involve your shoulders and arms.
Cooldown: Conclude your workout and support muscular recovery by a cool-down, including static stretch and deep breathing exercises.
Why Use Core Sliders in Your Routine
Core sliders further your home workouts and provide more benefits, such as:
Greater muscle activation: By using core sliders, you create an instability that will make the muscles work even harder in controlling and balancing. It increases strength gains.
Activation of multiple muscles mimicking natural movements: Therefore, core sliders engage many muscle groups at the same time, hence functional training for functional fitness.
Injury Prevention: Strengthening your core, back, and arms helps to stabilize your entire body, reducing the risk of injury during other activities.
Flexibility and Mobility: The sliding motion helps improve your range of motion, contributing to better flexibility and joint health.
Variety and Challenge: Mixing in core sliders with your current routine can spruce things up a bit by changing things just enough to give you the challenges needed to prevent monotony in your workout regimen.
Conclusion
Core sliders are indeed an awesome and versatile product to enhance your routine home workout. These sliders in your routine will definitely make your core stronger and more stable towards an overall fitter version of yours. Find our range here. Try them and see their benefits for yourself!