
10/07/2025
💡 Core Stability vs. Core Strength — What’s the Difference?
"Train your core" gets said a lot — but not all core training is the same 👇
🔹 Core Stability = Resisting movement
These exercises teach your core to brace and protect your spine under pressure.
Think:
• Plank variations
• Palof press
• Dead bugs
• Bird dogs
Stability is essential for injury prevention, especially when lifting, running, or rotating in sport. It builds a strong foundation that everything else moves from.
🔹 Core Strength = Producing movement
These exercises build strength by creating controlled spinal movement.
Think:
• Sit-ups
• Hanging leg raises
• Cable crunches
• Russian twists
Strength-focused movements improve your ability to generate force through your trunk — useful for power-based sports or gymnastics.
✅ Why You Need Both
You don’t have to choose — great athletes and pain-free movers train stability and strength.
💥 Stability keeps you safe
💥 Strength makes you powerful
At Surf & Sport Myotherapy, we integrate core work into rehab, performance, and movement programming — because a smart core is a safer, stronger one.
📲 Want a core that protects and performs? DM us or book in — we’ll help you build it properly.