Core to Extremity: What is it and why should you be doing it?
May 13,2017
Category / Fitness
By: Chosen Team
Chōsen’s Strength and Conditioning Coach, Taylor Rank, explains the style of functional exercise that aims to increase your overall fitness and reduce your risk of injury. You have likely heard the term ‘activate your core’. It’s a common phrase that refers to an important principle of functional fitness – ‘core to extremity’. Core: often referred to […]
Full ArticleIn this guest post, Chōsen’s Strength and Conditioning Coach Taylor Rank explains why real life scenarios should always drive our approach to exercise. Throughout the years, exercise methodologies have changed and evolved in response to new scientific findings about how the human body works or just general fitness trends. But constants also remain and, [...]
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When it comes to fitness and lifestyle optimization, Chōsen expert Taylor Rank is a walking encyclopedia. A professional athlete and a specialist in strength and conditioning, the mindful American is also a big believer in moderation and balance. What’s more, having lived in the United States, South Korea and Hong Kong, and currently based in [...]
