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Well a busy without any -- your -- without any -- As an Olympic tennis fitness and always been an important part of my life. And today it's not always easy to find new and different exercises to spruce up my work out I know this is probably a struggle for many -- you -- Well we're gonna change that it's gonna start right in the middle -- your core. So here's what's coming up in this episode. We'll get started on the mad at professional fitness trainer -- Parker's got -- be selling at some of our favorite core exercises then Olympic swimmer -- Evans tells me house seat to getting back into shape for a fourth Olympic Games. And it may be the off season but not for Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero he's just me -- he -- that all our physique.

Core exercises are an important part of an effective fitness program they can prevent injuries in group last year and Tony key muscle group. The corps that the Saturn at all and here to help me talk about the core is fitness trainer Angela Park there and -- to demonstrate his -- Barbara. Well Angela why it's taking the court so important. The cor is at the center of our body without training the court we can't please sports while we can't run faster we can't start -- fitness program. It improves posture alignment everything everything comes out of the center of our body and we all know that and that's why I always went by new and different core exercises and when I found out about these -- and -- I was signing up right away from the -- investors were kind of born out of -- desire to get rid of the muffin top are around the center of the body -- can be -- the front the sides and the back answered today when our first exercises is the original muffin basket to get rid of side muffin top and that's good golly gosh I don't know. Arab muffins and I've got no -- heat got back out and are you ready to just minding my serve. Great sitting here I'm getting into position for -- buster is really important.

I know we say that it exercises like architecture and building a house wonder what it's very high if you orchestrate -- get hurt and -- very straight and flat line. Our PR flexed our tummy is pulled and very very tightly now here's the crazy part. She's actually get electricity or off the floor while being completely straight to trap for me now. Beautiful then maybe in the street lined with the feet up for the only thing that's really on the ground his head so here's the -- this is the bottom of the exercise on -- and advanced version tell you and they don't -- here's what you can get. She's got broad teach her sneakers up toward the sky tonight and then she's gonna go in the third direction -- sealed up in the back and she's gonna keep going. You feel yeah -- hey you feeling every. I did you do -- everywhere -- site at the body is not a problem area for both guys and and girls club we weren't late core exercises and my Ab workout lately he's been so boring in these are exciting -- a lot of check it out and get rid of these little -- and -- Well thank you so much it'd been so much fun to work.

Out all right well staying in shape looks easy for the world's best athletes let me tell you one thing it isn't. Take Olympic gold medalist Janet Evans at age forty -- now mother of two season making a comeback and is set her sights on the Olympic Games. Early ear I caught up with the swimming legend and saw firsthand that she hasn't lost a step since a younger years or better yet a stroke.

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It happens. And you know in the end Gannon thought and all of them are and that means they see Manhattan -- diet -- And it either leg and all that that we try you can't let it be great and a lot of women are always plenty to tighten up but that's their tries that's new that -- definitions. -- a walk in the park I think you should make her cry. This is different. At a a did somebody -- putt that I -- hard. -- What is this exercise act on it off and -- and it didn't and up and thought it. Since you want to have to be able carefully your shoulders this summer. Because I have a little trouble with these. Pretty. -- the only thing I've found. But it's hard yet lets it. Means he can keep going. -- And after fight. But if they're -- banner playing. Up for one minute movie that. -- pushing and pulling the play. -- pregnant at fourteen. Picks yet like.

Why don't burn out and I -- I thought -- I am very tired watching you your phenomenal shape you're trading your fourth Olympics so thank you per -- out currently. So I'm happy you hear that -- getting it about oh definitely well now you know work out with an all star I gotta get adding Aaron. But someone else.

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Floyd. And it's something that I really benefit from talent body and -- Lot of exercises that you need to do to kind of prevent injury throughout the season and that's something that enjoy doing it -- that I think considered I wanna hear about conditioning. Throw -- a little bit of we've been pressed as to call it here. You know it's mostly are stretching and and you know getting ready for a workout that we do an able personality -- it's. Slow. But at the beginning we kind of throw a little bit of marching. All of Centre court. Straight line -- just try to -- out you know we've got to have the proper technique down and we work a lot of them on that you're having that proper technique. It's all based off the court for me as a Patriot -- concerns built stamina -- when I'm pitching. You know we obviously we're not running. Every play like some of the decision players Arsenal they had a run out a dove for us or whatever it is. For us Christian maintained that it stamina and making sure we're ready to go. Lot of first your guys they come here and realize you get a little bit worn down but at the same time and bodies warm and ready to go into that hasn't that that we do it. We do a bit of interest with a bit of back to the rotator cuff exercises after that as we move into a little bit with our DO. One play you know party and kind of maintain that or bodybuilding stress it as it -- not only has struck. Strong lower body takes -- frigate and a -- years. And everything from answering your knee. Probably down -- yeah interest. Thought he looked good didn't work out and they think -- number of exercise that you did they think a lot of our viewers at home in the benefit from well oh yeah it thank you.

Think that Lee's performance of their help with that story so let's recap all that we learned today. Trainer Angela Carter gave -- an important lesson Janet Evans showed us why nothing's gonna keep -- from another Olympic run. And Ricky Romero showed why he's striking out the competition. All right battles did facts so he's got to come back next week the -- and citing health and fitness and wellness. I'm -- dive into joining us on -- remembered get up and get fit.