Do you feel like you have a weak core? Do you sometimes feel it in your back when it comes to planks and crunches? Sometimes it's a simple fix -- we need to selectively recruit the transverse abs in core exercises. This instructional video will teach you how to active your deep transverse abs in all exercises you do!
Exercise #1 TA Breath with sponge or small ball under your back
Exercise #2 Pelvic Tilt recruiting the abs so glutes and back extensors don't take over (stronger muscles tend to takeover)
Exercise #3 Towel Crunch lifting your head, not your shoulders
Exercise #4 Back Lying + Side Lying + Quadruped TA recruitment
Do you think you might have an ab separation? Try this 90 second video https://studio.momsintofitness.com/videos/diastasis-recti-self-test
Reverse Rows work your back muscles, but the focus should not be on your lower back. Let's go through 3 cues to set your body up for success. Also includes 2 exercises you can use as a substitute -- these exercises recruit the same muscles as rows.
If you tend to feel crunches in your back instead of your abs, try this one cue.
Many of us have glutes that are dormant or inactive. Many of us are 'quad-dominant'. When glutes are under-used, it makes them weak. If the glutes are weak than our body uses stronger muscles to power through movement. This create muscle imbalances, "flat butt", a tilt in the pelvis, pain in join...
