Russian Twist: all the benefits of training to strengthen the “core” muscles

When it comes to core means the central part of the human body, composed of all the muscles that rotate around the center of gravity.

Keeping this area in shape is very important if you want to be at maximum efficiency during your daily life and to do so you need to train it in a targeted way. Among the exercises designed for this purpose, one of the best known and that should never be missing in the fitness routine is the Russian Twist, also known as Bulgarian twist.

What is the core and why it is important to train it

The core has the task of acting as a conjunction between the upper and lower limbs. As the fitness expert personal trainer Giovanna Lecis “It is a sort of bridge that allows forces to be distributed and the greater its stability, the more legs and arms are able to move in a functional way”.

The muscles the main ones that compose it are abdominal, rectus abdominis, internal and external obliques, square of the loins and spinal erectors. All together they help to move in space in a casual way and without trauma. «An example I always give is that of a person who has to put a book in the last shelf of the library. If he arches his back when he raises his arms and does not keep his abdomen active, he risks getting hurt. However, this happens when the core does not have enough strength, while if it is stable it allows to keep the spine straight and to move the arm up and down in a correct and safe way “.
This trivial action is just one of the many that, even unconsciously, engage the core and that if done in the wrong way can give life to pain or injuries. there because training it with the Russian Twist is essential.