Albert Pujols Quotes

I love doing core workouts. The core is so important in tennis.

I have a series of exercises in which I do a lot of core. I enjoy an ab workout. I practice every day and do many different types.

I witnessed an MVP firsthand in Jose Altuve. I asked him what he did during the offseason, and he said he trains his core.

I think CrossFit is highly beneficial to any athlete, in any sport.

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

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.

A boxer must exercise and develop every part of his body.

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.

It's important to work the core in all planes of movement, as we move in all three planes in tennis, especially into rotation and anti-rotation movements.

I always do some sort of plank exercise - whether it's a regular plank or a side plank, I always incorporate it into my workout.

Sometimes I use a bungee, one of those bungee cords that offer resistance training. I find that useful. Like, I'll go out and hit a backhand or a forehand with resistance. Because when you get rid of the resistance, you've recruited more muscle fibers, and it definitely helps with speed.

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.

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.

Your core is the center of your entire body - everything else is an extension - so you want to make sure you're strong in your entire core and not just part of it.

Core training is so important.

It's important to train your abs front to back, side to side, and all around to look great all around.

My training is very specific to my sport, so it's a lot of fast, explosive movements. It's very pertinent to exactly what I do on the football field, which is fast burst in short spaces.

Running hills, I try to follow the Jerry Rice routine.

I do a lot of core strengthening exercises and the plank push up is a great one that you can do anywhere and anytime.

I do a bit of boxing in the off-season to stay fit - it's a different kind of fitness.

I work out only with my trainer. And I make sure to do a lot of power training. For me, fitness is more about being on the ground rather than being in a gym.

With racing, there's not one thing you need to be really strong at, it's a combination. You need a good base of cardio, good core, good neck strength. I think core and neck are the most important, but it's certainly not my favourite. Neck training is pretty boring.

With wrestling, we're still athletes. I train like we're an athlete as opposed to a body builder. Some people still have that body-builder mentality. But not from me. I do a lot of agility work and stuff like that.

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.