Fitness Training Expert aims to provide top quality fitness training advice, exercise information and educational resources for all fitness enthusiasts.  Expert fitness advice SEARCH THIS SITE FACEBOOK BRIDGEFIT ARTICLES   Core Strength and Power Training Why is there a need to differentiate between core stability, core strength, and core power? Is core strength not the same as core stability? Surely we use strength to keep our core stable? Do we all need to have a powerful core? Can we train the core to be powerful if it has to be stable? To summarise these questions i can use the following logic: 1) Core stability is simply reducing unwanted movement within the body. 2) Core strength is the amount of force we need to create stability, perhaps with the global stabilisers playing a role (includes Rectus Abdominus, External Oblique, Gluteus Medius and more!). 3) Core power would be the rate at which our core muscles produce force. Power has a speed and a force component within the equation. Strength training can develop the force, power training can develop the speed component. We can not expect our core to be powerful without having a good strength base. We can not expect to have core strength without having a stable foundation on which to build this. The three elements of stability, strength and power are very closely related. Our core allows force transmission between our lower and upper body. Can you imagine a boxer throwing a punch, a cricketer throwing a ball, or a tennis player returning a serve with a weak core? They must have the stability, strength and power specific to the demands of their sport. I do not believe the average person training for health related goals requires much in the way of core power training. Stability and strength however are vital. Power training for the core really becomes a total body activity encompassing stability, strength and speed. Related Core Strength and Power Articles