{"id":977,"date":"2021-05-18T21:10:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T21:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.mutusystem.com\/en-us\/?p=977"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:07:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:07:33","slug":"how-to-engage-your-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mutusystem.com\/en-us\/postpartum-exercise\/how-to-engage-your-core\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s how to engage your core properly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How to engage your core is probably one of the most misunderstood muscle action. I have compiled an ‘Engaging Your Core 101″ for you\u2026 I hope it helps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. \u2018Sucking in your stomach’ is not engaging your core<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s merely shifting pressure and mass upwards or downwards. If you suck it all in hard and your waist goes narrower (it will for as long as you hold your breath anyway), all the stuff that was hanging out has gone somewhere. Upwards, pushing into your diaphragm, or downwards pushing onto your pelvic floor. Imagine a tube of toothpaste. If you squeeze in the middle\u2026 the contents of the middle of the tube haven\u2019t disappeared, they have moved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sucking in your breath or holding your breath whilst pulling your stomach in hard, is not training muscles or how to engage your core. It’s shifting pressure and displacing mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. So how do you engage your core?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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