Aug. 12, 2014, 4 a.m.

WARRNAMBOOL academy EKB Fitness and Aerobics has tuned up for an overseas campaign with yet more success on the national stage.

WARRNAMBOOL academy EKB Fitness and Aerobics has tuned up for an overseas campaign with yet more success on the national stage.

EKB Aerobics gold medal-winning Audacity team members Sophie Bellman (left), Emma Bellman and Aylish Auchettl. 140721DW28 Picture: DAMIAN WHITE

The Kepler Street-based group emerged from School Aerobics national championships on the Gold Coast with four gold and four silver medals.

We had a really successful weekend, I couldnt have asked for much more, coach Emma Bellman said.

Weve got four national titleholders, four silver medallists and a couple in sixth. Everyone was really happy with their rounds, they were fantastic results.

The gold medallists included Bellman, Sophie Bellman and Aylish Auchettl collectively known as Audacity winning the old skool trios section.

Teagan Drake and Tali Morrissey did likewise in the old skool pairs section.

Brianna Kilpatrick earned gold in the future legends solo section, finishing ahead of Bella Wallace (second) and Maddison (sixth)

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Whether it is running, swimming, weight lifting or aerobics, fitness experts say the center of all exercise routines is the core the abdominal, back and muscles around the pelvis which is the seat of stability, strength and power.

Adding in exercise routines to strengthen the core can help the runner go faster, the basketball player jump higher and the everyday exerciser more easily do routine tasks from loading the car to cleaning the tub.

The core is everything except for arms, legs and head, said Daniel Taylor, co-author with Greg Brittenham of the new book Conditioning to the Core.

It is the mainstay of the body, according to Taylor, who is the head strength and conditioning coach at Siena College in upstate New York.

People need to get away from saying Im going to do abs today and take a larger view, said Taylor, whose book contains more than 300 exercises, ranging from planks, squats and lunges to medicine ball and kettlebell throws presented in progressive routines.

A lot of times people get stuck in one or two routines and get good at them, he said. Youve got to make things more challenging to keep progressing.

Taylor said everything is linked to the core.

If you jump its transferred to the core. If you want to be a better recreational running, strengthening the core will help because your anchor is better, he explained.

The bodys girdle is how New York City-based personal trainer JR Allen describes the core.

Celebrity trainee Allen, whose clients include singer Mary J. Blige, said even the breath is involved in core work.

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Published August 11, 2014

A woman works out in an outdoor exercise area at Macombs Dam Park in the Bronx section of New York City, September 13, 2012. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Whether it is running, swimming, weight lifting or aerobics, fitness experts say the center of all exercise routines is the core - the abdominal, back and muscles around the pelvis - which is the seat of stability, strength and power.

Adding in exercise routines to strengthen the core can help the runner go faster, the basketball player jump higher and the everyday exerciser more easily do routine tasks from loading the car to cleaning the tub.

"The core is everything except for arms, legs and head," said Daniel Taylor, co-author with Greg Brittenham of the new book "Conditioning to the Core."

It is the mainstay of the body, according to Taylor, who is the head strength and conditioning coach at Siena College in upstate New York.

"People need to get away from saying 'I'm going to do abs today' and take a larger view," said Taylor, whose book contains more than 300 exercises, ranging from planks, squats and lunges to medicine ball and kettlebell throws presented in progressive routines.

"A lot of times people get stuck in one or two routines and get good at them," he said. "You've got to make things more challenging to keep progressing."

Taylor said everything is linked to the core.

"If you jump it's transferred to the core. If you want to be a better recreational running, strengthening the core will help because your anchor is better," he explained.

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Fitness experts focus on the core to target body's center of power