6-Minute Core Strength: Simple Core Exercises to Improve Posture, Build Balance, and Relieve Back Pain

This is really an awesome beginner's book. It is easy to understand and follow. Highly recommend for those individuals just starting out. I have given this to my friends just starting to go to the gym or want to exercise at home.For those that are more advanced - recommend Delavier's core training anatomy. Great workouts incorporating home and gym workouts.

This book is absolutely excellent. There are workouts for varying levels, beginner, intermediate and advanced, all clearly illustrated and explained. The author has also provided free videos on the web to show how to do them as an extra bonus. Exercises are explained extremely well and have great graphics to illustrate. The exercises cover all aspects of the core: abs, back, hips, torso, shoulders. Yes, shoulders need to be included! The workouts include torso, back, knees, hips, posture and balance. Flexibility is also well covered. The section on how to do core bracing correctly is the best I have ever seen. If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would. It is that good. I am a certified personal trainer, have read a zillion books and articles on fitness and recovery issues, and would recommend this book to anyone. If you ever have back or knee pain, which I sometimes do in the course of a typical life, this is a lifesaver. This book helped me feel better in both areas in only a few days of following the back and knee workouts. Highly recommend.

This is a great book. Performing the exercises in sequence are helpful thus far. Definitely recommended.The following three suggestions do not diminish the value of this book but would make this 5 stars for me: 1. an alphabetical index to both the book and the videos for easier searches, 2. a few more graphics of the exercises in the book so that we can see starting, middle and ending positions (single leg over stretch is an example where the video and the graphic divert) and 3. make the text about the videos more prominent to highlight the importance of the videos.

Excellent - very helpful.

I absolutely love this book and bonus material.I have been a caregiver for my daughter for 10 years, it has taken a toll on my body. I used to work out and take care of my body until my focus was all on her strengthening and learning to walk again after a devastating car accident(brain injury). I am finally getting back to taking care of me again because I have to. Professionals in this business have been taught to protect their body during caregiving, however family not so much-we just do and it takes a toll when you are not conditioned for that type of work. This book has helped me in so many ways I am thrilled to be taking the time to care for myself in the same way it feels really good and refreshing. A new life at 65!! Thank you for the complete knowledge surrounding this important core! Dr. Jonathan Su.

I've always known having a strong core is important but never really known how to best approach improving mine. Sometimes I have very little accountability. XD I've tried to set goals like doing 100 sit ups a day and can't even make over a week. This book was an easy read that educated me and offers a variety of exercises for all levels. Definitely a better use of my energy and time.So I went through all the exercises just to learn the moves and I also watched the videos because I really want to have good form and that can be hard to achieve by yourself. Keep in mind there is a lot of highlight on form that isn't plainly visible. This was very helpful and somethings actually felt easier as I engaged probably the right muscles and put less strain on the wrong ones. I found that I needed the beginner modification on some to keep from the "common mistakes." I like that this is easily spelled out and also there are advanced modifications for me in the future. I'm hoping to follow these workouts with the very reasonable time commitment and looking forward to how a stronger core may help me overcome my sport climbing plateau too (hovering at 5.10-). I'm hopeful as the first walkthrough of these exercises made me feel the things in all the places that never get any love.

There’s a lot of yoga moves in this book. Good exercises, good explanations and illustrations. These are my last five words.

I have exercised regularly for quite awhile, both with sports and fitness classes, and with follow-along DVDs. I've found that most core workouts in my classes were long boring series of variations on crunches and many core workouts on DVDs were too difficult. I've decided I need to do something different to improve core strength. This book to the rescue. I plan to incorporate the well-laid out plan in this book. There are beginner, intermediate and more advanced options provided. Most everyone can spare 6 minutes to improve their core. In addition to Torso exercises, there are shoulder & hip exercises too. And included are plans to improve balance and relieve back & knee pain. As bonuses, there are free downloads of the plans, and videos you can watch if the drawings aren't enough to grasp the positions and actions.