My Top Three Tips for Amazing Abs!

My top three tips for Amazing abs Learn to breathe and manage pressure Seems easy, but I can't stress enough how important proper breathing and pressure management is for your core. Many of us have what we call backwards breathing, where we inhale up and exhale down, which just pushes out and down on our core and doesn't give us the stability we need to truly engage during exercise. We want core breathing all the way around. Inhale to expand through your back, sides and belly, then exhale to lift in and up with your deep core and pelvic floor. This is an exercise in itself that you can do that will help you learn to connect and engage during all exercise. Fix your posture and alignment Often we're hunched over or we have an anterior or posterior pelvic tilt or rib flare, and this affects activation of our core muscles. Stack your ears over your shoulders, rib cage, hips, knees and ankles, and think especially about your ribs and pelvis being aligned. This will put us in position to make those core exercises super effective, whether we're on the mat or moving through a standing exercise. Slow down. When it comes to core, it's all about quality over quantity. Take time to get set up, then move through the motions slowly and really think about what's working. Whether you're doing ab exercises specifically or core stability, your breathing, alignment and tempo will help you have a strong core for exercise and for life.