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Core Engagement
I'm a little confused as to whether I am engaging my core correctly. I get the pelvic muscles, but having a problem with understanding the abdomen muscles. There are several ways I can engage my abdomen muscles.
- I can suck my belly button in as hard as I can. Which I believe pulls my diaphragm in and up.
- I can tense my muscles up as if I was going to cough.
- I can also tense my muscles up as though I was preparing to be hit in the stomach. (very similar to number 2)
I am not sure if any of them are correct?
Also, when doing the swan exercise I find on peeling my chest up off the ground I am pushing my stomach muscles out to be tense and not inwards.
One other thing I find occasionally is breathing in or out while my core is tense difficult. Ha ha and that's most of the time during the Pilates exercises.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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Core Engagement
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