Superficial muscles vs Core Muscles

I am just putting my 2011 certification into the frame on the wall from the (NCCPT) National Council of Certified Personal Trainers who I am certified with for the next two years, I have been a trainer and yoga teacher for 10 years. I recently had the luck this last September to do a video with John Platero the founder of NCCPT, I think an extraordinary man. He won 5 gold medals for bicyling this year, and holds up to 12 of them yet he is a personal trainer, looks like one and his father was an olympic champion I believe too.

I believe personally that most people only go to the gym and work the superficial muscles, the big muscle groups that burn energy quickly, after 6 weeks of not working out you lose a lot of that lean muscle which can turn into fat! BUT not that quickly to think what is the point of working out then! The muscle has a memory so the more you work it the better as you get older you can pick right up but if you never do anything then you will never even have muscle memory and you will end up flabby with tired, atrophied muscles. Do you want that, no! You dont. If you build those superficial muscles up quickly ripping and tearing the muscle fibers with large weights you will get big and the food or steroids that you may partake in will get you big - for a short while! It is not so long lasting as working on your core muscles that can lower stress significantly, help with breathing well getting oxygen to the muscles, raising the base metabolism and burning fat. Core workouts like yoga are the definitive answer in my life, also pilates, you can get your cardio going with that if you have the right teacher.

When I teach, I teach with the details, dynamic poses where your meridians are opened and you are breathing into your muscles and opening your whole being. This workout keeps me happy and slim and healthy, I am the most happiest when I am teaching yoga, I enjoy giving and receiving the gifted smiles from our sacred inner healing essence from the pupils I teach. I guide gently with love, this is abundance! My personal verdict is core muscles protect the body as you get older from weakness and you build from the inside out, leaness, especially when you get older with those love handles or beer! You need to work the trunk muscles in the way I am describing, ideally not just yoga, a cross training that is not hard on the body. For years, I was a hamster running on the treadmill at the gym, looking good but no real results until I discovered build good muscle with healthy food and yoga! Love it!

The Sun God from Sandie West Creative Chakra Spa

2000 miles alone
The sun god sat on the throne
Satin ilk, tigers milk
Limelight on hold, cajoled
Angels peruse perspective flights
Mountain kisses throughout the midnight
Devils weep, while tigers sleep