Anna Kaiser Quotes

If you only exercise your soloist muscles, the other muscles quickly atrophy.

I also work out because I have scoliosis. I have to maintain certain strength in my core.

I think planks and crunches are an old-school simple move, but it's the way to go.

When I got a stronger core, my hands weren't able to keep up. They weren't able to tolerate the force my core was generating.

People don't realize that when they 'throw out' their back, it's often because of weak abs. These muscles are essential for lower-back strength and good posture.

It's just as important to work on the little muscle groups as well as the big muscle groups. People, when they train, go to gyms. I call them 'nightclub bodies' - ginormous up top, and legs are little sticks. You see a lot of people, and they forget you can't leave the little muscles behind.

But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.

My go-to prebikini flat-ab move is the plank, all different types.

I do abs every day: regular, weighted crunches and sit-ups every other day, then my obliques and my sides on the alternating day. So I'm working my core every day.

In the game of football, you need to be strong, and at my position, you need to be able to put up a good fight. So I work on my upper body and lower body strength because your body's got to be able to last.

I do some weightlifting and use medicine balls as well for balance for my core. I want my stomach to look flat. I have to.

We hear about the importance of strong core muscles all the time, but it never quite hits home until you stop and think what the muscles around your stomach and lower back really do.

I think that for my sport, the core is the most important. I mean, really in all sports, but especially in the sport I play, I keep my core right and try and keep that up no matter what I'm doing.

The core is the most important muscle group in your body. If your core is not strong, the rest of your body is weakened, too.

Your core holds you upright; it helps you bend and twist and jump; it helps you transfer power through your body; and it strengthens your posture, whether you are batting, sitting at a desk or running around a park.

I do a lot of planks. I feel like the plank is the most underrated core workout; that's one of my go-to moves.

In training, I felt like my body would switch one way, but my leg would kind of stay in one direction. So I kind of felt like it wasn't stable.

Even at the age of 33 I was one of the most flexible at Arsenal when it came to my back muscles.

I think some of the most important exercises are all the core exercises that you can do to maximize training in certain areas of your body.

I make sure I do a lot of core work in my training.

There's no doubt that 'the plank' is one of the best core exercises on the planet.

Core training is so important.

I used to wake up every single morning feeling terrible because my abs weren't working properly, and my back would hurt because it was overcompensating for them. So once I started training the body proportionally, it really showed me a new life.

I do my crunches and my sit-ups.

I have always maintained you should be able to bench press and deadlift at least twice your body weight.