I spent months with a physical therapist and could never engage properly. Thank you SO much for this amazing explanation. Wow. I am so grateful I found your videos.
I've watched a few dozen videos on the topic of breathing properly while engaging the core. Yours is the first to give me something that I understand. Others are just too vague, imprecise, and worst, not based on scientific knowledge. I'm going to watch more of your content because my core muscles are so weak, the remedial strengthening work intended for childbirth recovery just might be a good place for me to start.
Wow! Thank you!!! Been a ballet dancer for years and now am a mom of 2 littles and this is by far the best description I have ever heard of how to correctly execute!!!
I also find it very difficult to feel whether I'm doing it correctly when lying on my back. But my physio therapist told me that it's easier to do it while lying on your side. And I find it's easier to avoid doing the mistakes you mentioned while on your side.
Yep worked for me to! I pretty sure I worked well as I noticed my lower core is activating much easier then before, keep helping others! ✨ 🥂 P E Å C E 🥂 ✨
Same, but its okay! It just means that you need to learn how to activate your core proply, keep going though! I managed to get abs even without activating my core proply, never give up and try your hardest! And don't forget it's ok to ask for help sometimes, and to maintain your weight I recommend you exercise 3 times a week to easily maintain your weight, but it all up to the person who is doing it after all! Good luck and stay happy!
This came at the perfect time I was working out earlier and was literally just sucking my stomach in and struggling to breathe. I know it seems so simple but its really not 😁
Hi Rella, yes, it’s not simple at all and I find I keep getting better the more practice. I will think I’m doing pretty good, but looking back I still had a lot to work on 🤪
@@PregnancyandPostpartumTV Hopefully now by do this correctly it will help heal my diastasis recti much faster although i'm pregnant with baby number 2. Thank you for your video.
Hey Jessica...hope u r doing good 🤗. Thanks for this video I ll try to engage my core ... I am mother of 3 yr old son... I have a question, I have 2 finger diastisis towards my naval.. is running and skipping good for me?
@@PregnancyandPostpartumTV when i flatten my back on floor and try engaging my core it should be hard to breathe while keep my belly flat when I'm doing abs workout right?
I feel it in my neck and like a electric fence is running through my lower back and leg.. idk why its so hard to coordinate the tensing and moving with breathing, im been trying for months and it doesnt go smoothly
Can it be too late to repair the diastasis recti? What if it hadn't been done soon after the first pregnancy 6 years ago and then there were 2 more pregnancies (also without any physiotherapy afterwards). Knowledge about the DR healing in some countries is really inexistent and I have a friend who believes it's too late for her now.
Hello I have a b shaped belly or hourglass syndrome. Im trying to find a good exercise to help me fix it. Ive never been pregnant, im 5’1 and 60 kilos. Dose this exercise helps me improve my core and get rid of the b shaped belly
It can be hard to feel at first. Try for a couple weeks to see if you can build up the muscles to do it and then often people will start to feel it. or a physio would be able to get their hands on you to help you!
If you suck in then your ribs will expand. You want to pull everything in as if a corset is being tightened around you as you exhale. Your ribs pull in and down and you tighten your core (but not so much you could be punched) Just to firmly engage.
First pregnancy 28 years ago, another one 9 years after that and my last pregnancy 8 years ago with no repairing in between or after. Am I too far gone to try and fix my core?? I literally feel like I’ve set myself up to fail at attempting to get my abs back😩
Hi Tammy, no it’s not too late. It will take longer, but with consistency it’s doable. Did you see my DR healing guide? Even if you don’t have DR ... it’s got helpful strategies for core repair landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/n0h5d6
I have diastasis above the belly button, i have been doing these exercises, and i am able to engage my core,but i am not finding any improvement in the above the belly button area. Can u suggest anything more
I spent months with a physical therapist and could never engage properly. Thank you SO much for this amazing explanation. Wow. I am so grateful I found your videos.
I've watched a few dozen videos on the topic of breathing properly while engaging the core. Yours is the first to give me something that I understand. Others are just too vague, imprecise, and worst, not based on scientific knowledge. I'm going to watch more of your content because my core muscles are so weak, the remedial strengthening work intended for childbirth recovery just might be a good place for me to start.
Wow! Thank you!!! Been a ballet dancer for years and now am a mom of 2 littles and this is by far the best description I have ever heard of how to correctly execute!!!
Same, except mom of 4. I dont ever remember being told to do this in ballet! Crazy!
I also find it very difficult to feel whether I'm doing it correctly when lying on my back. But my physio therapist told me that it's easier to do it while lying on your side. And I find it's easier to avoid doing the mistakes you mentioned while on your side.
Ok. I could feel the area you were telling us to feel engage. It worked. Thank you.
Yay! And the more you practice the more you will feel it :)
Yep worked for me to! I pretty sure I worked well as I noticed my lower core is activating much easier then before, keep helping others!
✨ 🥂 P E Å C E 🥂 ✨
Am i the only one who feels the ab workouts more in their head than abs? i feel like i'm doing something wrong.
Yeaahh me too
especially when i do bicycle climer
Same, but its okay! It just means that you need to learn how to activate your core proply, keep going though! I managed to get abs even without activating my core proply, never give up and try your hardest! And don't forget it's ok to ask for help sometimes, and to maintain your weight I recommend you exercise 3 times a week to easily maintain your weight, but it all up to the person who is doing it after all! Good luck and stay happy!
Lolll I feel it in my neck😭
Me too i just started working out and I still can't do it properly
I appreciate this!!! I knew *how* to do it but it was hard to tell if it was being done correctly
Honestly, i think my core is so weak I cant feel it😣
I feel the same girl 🥺
Yes,I can feel it thank you.
Um wow, only took me 34 years to learn this. All this time I thought engaging your core was sucking in my stomach.
So helpful.The imagination really helped and also great ways to check if you are doing it right.Thank you!
I feel it now! Thank you!
May God bless you and protect you! John 3:16! Have a great day!
I can't feel it. I'm confused
Me to
I can't feel it either. Have you had any improvement?
@@nicolebarrantes8620 Have you had any improvement?
This came at the perfect time I was working out earlier and was literally just sucking my stomach in and struggling to breathe. I know it seems so simple but its really not 😁
Hi Rella, yes, it’s not simple at all and I find I keep getting better the more practice. I will think I’m doing pretty good, but looking back I still had a lot to work on 🤪
@@PregnancyandPostpartumTV Hopefully now by do this correctly it will help heal my diastasis recti much faster although i'm pregnant with baby number 2. Thank you for your video.
Yes! Thank you!
Thank you!
Please put English subtitles mam..I am from tamilnadu...
I guess from this week I am only gonna practice how to engage my core before the workouts cause I feel nothing 😅
Thank you, I was over engaging lol
Hey Jessica...hope u r doing good 🤗. Thanks for this video I ll try to engage my core ... I am mother of 3 yr old son... I have a question, I have 2 finger diastisis towards my naval.. is running and skipping good for me?
I'm still very confused I've done everything but I cant seem to get it right
What part don’t you feel is right? Are you able to go see a pelvic floor physio?
@@PregnancyandPostpartumTV when i flatten my back on floor and try engaging my core it should be hard to breathe while keep my belly flat when I'm doing abs workout right?
Yes 🙌
I feel it in my neck and like a electric fence is running through my lower back and leg.. idk why its so hard to coordinate the tensing and moving with breathing, im been trying for months and it doesnt go smoothly
Is this how you should engage your core during prenatal workouts as well? Or only postnatal?
I can't feel that core it's so damm difficult
It is really difficult to find. Sometimes it just takes time and working on it and then it clicks for you after a couple weeks.
Can you feel it now?
Can it be too late to repair the diastasis recti? What if it hadn't been done soon after the first pregnancy 6 years ago and then there were 2 more pregnancies (also without any physiotherapy afterwards). Knowledge about the DR healing in some countries is really inexistent and I have a friend who believes it's too late for her now.
But what do each of those mm mean? My main concerns is that I don’t feel that trampoline when I measure the depth.
Hello I have a b shaped belly or hourglass syndrome. Im trying to find a good exercise to help me fix it. Ive never been pregnant, im 5’1 and 60 kilos. Dose this exercise helps me improve my core and get rid of the b shaped belly
Ohh yes,
Should i wear any belt regularly ?
It's standing up exercises I find this difficult to do, as I find it's easy to to this lying down but not standing
Is this safe 4 weeks Postpartum?
Chloe Ting, look where you have brought me!
Confused. I don't get it.
It can be hard to feel at first. Try for a couple weeks to see if you can build up the muscles to do it and then often people will start to feel it. or a physio would be able to get their hands on you to help you!
Damn it why is this soo tough😭😭😭Is it bcoz I'm overweight I really don't feel my core at all?? I can't engage it l
I am overweight and have a belly "apron"... is there a way to do it right without feeling the boney points? Mine are too cushioned to feel lol
I had a c section 8 months ago and all I feel is sponge below my navel. Can't Locate the area you mentioned 😢😢
I can’t do it 😭
How can i pulling it in without sucking. I am so confused. Should i make it like someone is punching me on my belly and i squeeze my belly?
If you suck in then your ribs will expand. You want to pull everything in as if a corset is being tightened around you as you exhale. Your ribs pull in and down and you tighten your core (but not so much you could be punched) Just to firmly engage.
Biggest gap is at and above my belly button.
First pregnancy 28 years ago, another one 9 years after that and my last pregnancy 8 years ago with no repairing in between or after. Am I too far gone to try and fix my core?? I literally feel like I’ve set myself up to fail at attempting to get my abs back😩
Hi Tammy, no it’s not too late. It will take longer, but with consistency it’s doable. Did you see my DR healing guide? Even if you don’t have DR ... it’s got helpful strategies for core repair landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/n0h5d6
I can’t feel it
I have diastasis above the belly button, i have been doing these exercises, and i am able to engage my core,but i am not finding any improvement in the above the belly button area. Can u suggest anything more