Your Bowling Coaches believe in Physical Fitness for Better Bowling!

• Overall strength, flexibility and cardiovascular health will have a positive effect on your game, and can reduce risk of injury.
• Strength training will help bowler's generate more power,better leverage and balance by using the legs more at the delivery. And, stronger bowlers can use slightly heavier bowling balls and maintain good ball speed.
• Flexibility will help avoid (and/or speed up recovery from) injury, and create a more free and full armswing.
• Cardiovascular conditioning will improve endurance and energy levels, help bowler's manage competitive stress better, induce confidence and improve the mental game.

Simply put, if you work out and become more physically fit, you will be better at the things you enjoy doing.


Your Bowling Coaches want to encourage bowlers to be more fit to bowl better and enhance your bowling experience.

It is very important to use good technique when doing specific exercises to properly benefit from them and avoid injury.

Squats and lunges are superior exercises for the legs, and here are some basic tips to do them properly:

Good Lunge:Drop your back leg down Bad Lunge: Leaning "Lunging" Forward

Good Squat: Weight over Heels Bad Squat: Knees forward of Toes

Good Plank: Shoulders & Hips in Alignment Bad Plank: Hips out of Alignment

"I just love working out with Kerry and challenging myself to get stronger and be more fit. When I was in school, it was all about getting into the machines and doing 3 sets of 10.....and so on. Now, it is all about functional training and I just love it! Being in instable positions to create core strength while using bands, balls and other props to strength train is awesome! It's been over 3 years training with Kerry, both in her classes and in weekly personal sessions, and we have yet to get into one of the machine at the gym to work out!" - Michelle

Michelle has a background in fitness training, with a B.S. in Physical Education - Bioscience (Kinesiology), from the University of Illinois - 1986

The following is an article written by Kerry Cosmo, Michelle and Aleta's Personal Trainer at the Livonia Community Rec Center:

What is core training and why is it so important?

These days we have been hearing about core training more and more in the fitness world. Many people think that core training is simply abdominal work such as crunches and sit ups. These exercises do work some core muscles but your core contains a lot more than just your abdominals. They also include the deeper abdominals, obliques, spinal, pelvic and hip muscles. To hit all of these muscles, crunches and sit ups are simply not enough.

Your core is your center of gravity, strength and stability and we use these muscles everyday in everything we do. If you have a weak core, you are compensating with other muscles and that can cause excess strain, especially in the lower back area. Low back pain is associated with a weak core due to muscle imbalances. Incorporating core training into your fitness regimen can decrease or even eliminate low back pain as these muscles continue to increase in strength.

Strengthening these core muscles can also improve body control, balance and stability as well as reduce the risk of injury. As we age we start to lose balance and stability so training these muscles is essential. Without a strong core, you cannot achieve total body strength at your full potential. Remember, you're only as strong as your weakest link.

There are many different ways to train these core muscles, including working on stability balls, bosu, balance boards, TRX etc. There are also core exercises that can be done with weights, medicine balls or just your body weight.It's important to have a well rounded workout that includes cardio, strength, core, balance and flexibility training to work toward your fitness goals.