nucleus pulposus
Published: Fri, 11/11/16
This is how the doctor explained it. Imagine your spinal discs - the discs which sit on top of each other to form your spine - were jelly doughnuts.
These discs are made up of two parts, the nucleus pulposus - or the jelly center - and the outer, protective layer, the annulus fibrosis. Both parts help the disc move.
Now, because my client was doing so many crunches, it was putting direct pressure on the discs at the point of his back where the crunches flex the spine.
Through wear and tear, it had caused the outer layer of the doughnut to wear away and the jelly - or nucleus pulposa - was being pushed through. You could see the jelly trying to make an escape.
And that's painful!
It took this shocking "wake-up call" to push my client Mac to seek help. Now - having heard of the success I had with the athletes I coach - he was at my door.
Just think about that for a moment.
His goal of trying to get rock solid abs to build a strong core left him unable to workout.
He told me it felt like the ground fell from under him.
It already ate away at him every time he looked in the mirror and saw how little his effort was paying off.
Then when the pain became too much... well, he felt he was being kicked when he was down.
"What more could I do?" he asked me, almost in tears.
I asked him if he wanted to:
-Breathe better
-Stand taller
-Enjoy better health & vitality
-To develop a stable, armor-plated core
-To protect his posture
-Sculpt his abs properly from the inside out
-Turn heads wherever he went
When he answered yes I knew he'd benefit from the training principles I've used with pro athletes and everyday athletes alike to give them the strong core they deserve.
I told him....
STOP Doing Crunches & Start Doing THIS Instead <---Click Here
Keep training hard & smart,
Mike Westerdal
CriticalBench.com