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Instead of few random sots of mi body beginning or end of my workout, coe training ‘became the eentrepicee of my programme “Meanwhile, strength and conditioning specialist Alwyn Cosgrove, ‘was searching for solutions to the same dilemma as he designed his ‘workouts. Cosgrove notice that elients were coming to hie in far‘worse shape than demographically identical clients ‘were just few years before, Their posture was dis Aorted, thanks to years of working ever longer hours with everssmaller technology. Bven the eients who ‘were “fit often displayed unbalanced fimess: the strong ones lackod endurance, the anes with good endurance lacked strength and most of them strug fled with injuries related to training for one goal at the expense ofall others. "The solution, Cosgrove discovered, was to spend less timo in the weight room and ‘more time on mobility, conditioning and core training. Bspocally cove training. You'd think that less time ‘ith the ion would meso a softer body and weaker muscles. But that's ‘ot what happened ~ not tome, und ‘ot to Cosgrove’ clients, The foous ‘on eore training not only helped me injuries, ut also leftme leaner and much more ath letie than Pa fet in a tong time. Twas the combination of Cosgrove’s ‘new training approach, and my sue- sss with it, that Ted us to write oar book, The New Rules of Lifting for ‘Abs (R276 Kalahari.net, Read on to lear the bady-changing benefits {youll achieve using our eore-