Your body is at its most efficient when it can move comfortably. And if you want to keep moving with ease, you need to do exercises that work your body through different directions, including rotation. “Rotational training is often overlooked in traditional fitness routines, which tend to focus on forward-backward movements, known as the sagittal plane. But life happens in all three planes of motion,” says Dr Matt Cifelli, a rehabilitation and movement specialist from Attain Physical Therapy. These three planes—sagittal, frontal and transverse—categorize our movement into forward-and-back, side-to-side and rotational patterns. You may like “My advice for anybody is not to just train muscles, train movement. Add intentional, controlled rotation into your workouts, and your body will thank you for it, both during your workouts and in the game of life,” says Cifelli. Your core muscles are the primary drivers of rotational movement, so doing rotational exercises will keep them strong and healthy. You might already be doing crunches and sit-ups to train your core, but Cifelli says rotational exercises (like woodchops and Cossack …