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Concentrating on The Body's 'Core': Techniques that strengthen torsos are a hit with celebs and ordinary exercisers as well.
Byline: Karen Springen
A few months after she gave birth to her son, New Yorker Abbe Aronson decided it was time to get back into shape. Following the lead of ultratoned celebs like Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Julia Roberts and Halle Berry, she turned to Pilates. The trendy regimen focuses on what devotees call the body's "core"--more commonly known as the torso. After working out for three years with instructors at Brooke Siler's Manhattan gym re:AB, Aronson, now 34, lost 10 remaining pounds of pregnancy weight, plus 40 more pounds. It hasn't been easy; Aronson says she leaves the gym panting with exertion. But the results are worth it. "This is the first exercise I've ever started," she says, "that I haven't thought of 20,000 reasons not to go to the gym today."
Aronson is part of a growing army of converts to core-strength training. Fans swear that working the torso--from the neck to the lower back, including the abdomen and the back and hip muscles--stabilizes and lengthens the spine, improves balance and circulation, creates a cinched waistline, prevents…
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