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best core strengthening excercises?
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Zoey, take a look at this video, it should help you understand how to engaged and hold the abs while working out.
Its an OLD vid I did after having baby #4. https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/d650d310-c3b4-11df-bc90-001b21721e0c
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*engage*
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Thankyou. I will check it out. Whenn people say engage muscles I really dnt understand what engage means. I could possibly be doing it but because I dnt really no what it means I dnt no if I engage my muscles lol,feel really stupid some times. But I supose if u dnt ask you will never no xxx
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Try thinking of it as pulling your belly button to your spine, its not really a "sucking in" so much as a tensing motion. Just think about your belly button, you can even put your hand there if you need to feel it, and then pretend like you need to pull your belly button towards your spine, you should feel your whole ab section "engage" or tighten up. Its pretty much the same for any muscle you need to "engage", its just focusing on that particular muscle and kepping the tension there so that it does the work. Lots of people have issues with the word "engage" and putting the focus on certain muscles, eventually it just becomes second nature.
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I think its the way people say engage. But then dnt explain engage. So basiccly its keeping the muscles you need to use tense xxx
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Yes, to engage the muscle is to keep it tense. If you're trying the "pull your bellybutton toward your spine" and you're not sure if you're sucking in or engaging, try tapping yourself on the belly moderately hard with the tips of your fingers. You should feel it tense up if it isn't already.
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My aerial coach always has torturous core work for me!
1.) Hollow hold-lay on your back, lift legs up about a foot and a half, then lift shoulders and hold arms over head….hold!
2.) Balance on an exercise ball at your knees and with elbows on the ground. Now round your back and push your butt down….hold! (Ow!!)
3.) Tuck ups-lay on back with arms over head and lift your upper body at the same time you tuck your knees toward you, balance at the top for a second, then lower and repeat as many times as you can in 30-60 seconds.Hope this helps! And the P90x ab ripper is great too!
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