The Most Effective Core Training

by Shuichi James Nakano

978-4-7631-3761-6 C2075

159 pages / November 2019 / 1,300 yen (w/o tax)

Use the power hidden within your core muscles.

Description

The leading core training method that shot to fame after use by top athletes is now taking hold with doctors, chiropractors, and masseuses.

The advantages of core training cover a lot of ground, from increasing performance, preventing or alleviating lower back pain, bringing in that gut, improving one’s figure, to allowing one to run long distances without injury.

People may wonder why they experience little to no results from continued weight training. What’s the difference?

The reason may lie in failing to activate your “inner unit” when doing core training.

This book explains this “inner unit,” the foundation of proper core training that is often overlooked and little understood.

The book contains a QR code connecting you to useful instructional videos on utilizing your “inner unit” muscles.

Bring out the strength lying dormant in your core.

From the table of contents

Prologue       Erase worries related to core training
Chapter 1     Use your “inner unit” to bring out hidden core strength
Chapter 2     The most effective core training – the basics
Chapter 3     The most effective core training

From the editor "Shin"

Core training has really exploded in popularity in the last five years since gaining traction around seven years ago.

A lot of books contain so many stretches and muscle training exercises that it is difficult to know which ones focus on core training.

Searching the Internet reveals numerous articles on transverse abdominal and Kegel muscle groups, but I’m never clear on what to do with that information. All books and magazine articles seem to discuss the same things. All training sessions and gym classes also seem to be introducing similar methods.

Work on this book began after Nakano told me about the “inner unit” of core muscles and how to use them properly.

From the perspective of a trainer, teaching about the inner unit is something that would rather be avoided, if possible. It takes over half a year for session-goers to properly grasp the methods, and the movements are so small that they often don’t feel like a “workout.” It’s also possible that some trainers haven’t fully grasped the methods themselves.

The basic fundamentals of the inner unit are now getting the attention they need thanks to Nakano. Read this book for the most effective core training methods.

Author

Shuichi James Nakano

Shuichi James Nakano is a physical trainer born in 1971. He graduated from the American College of Sports Medicine and is a contract advisor with Adidas. One of the few physical trainers in Japan involved in both mental and physical guidance, he has a number of clients who also include top athletes. He is currently a long-distance relay coach at a university, and gives lectures across the country. His main publications include Gain Muscle on Your Lower Body to Stay Thin and Energetic (Daiwashobo) and The Training Method of Aogaku Ekiden Team (Tokuma Shoten).