[1]It was Pilates that first put me in touch with core muscles, even though I came to it with years of dance training. After a back injury took me out of ballet class, I was looking for a way to stay fit. The instructor quietly sized up my body, and said, “You’re toned, but weak.” (Ouch.) Since that time, I’ve done hundreds of hundreds [2], and all sorts of resistance exercises to find core strength. Now I’m ready to tackle it from the inside. And that’s why I called a therapist.
Illustration by Marcos Chin [1]