CORE & BREATH BLASTS

Here’s one thing you can’t live without: breathing. And here’s a thing you can ill-afford to ignore: your core. The latter is fundamental to everything from stability and posture, to strength, endurance and injury prevention. But while strengthening the core sounds straightforward enough, there are also ways to boost your breath: with drills to help your diaphragm, lungs and heart work as efficiently as possible.

The following ten-minute workouts – from Army physical training instructor and ‘tactical training’ coach Farren Morgan – deliver on both fronts: they combine core and breathing exercises to deliver maximum benefits from each contraction. The aim in each is to keep your breathing as steady as