Functional Abs | IntraAbdominal Pressure Breathing For #Core Stability

Timestamps for convenience:
00:00 Intro
00:01 The concept of breathing for stability
01:00 How to use your diaphragm; belly vs. chest breaths
02:00 How to breathe 360 degrees into your abdomen
03:00 How to maintain pressure on the exhale
04:00 Functionally integrating breathing under core demand

At REACH, we train individuals through the ‘Core ABCs’
A is for #Alignment keeping a nice neutral spine position
⚪B if for #Breathing diaphragmatic breathing to increase intraabdominal pressure
C if for #Control controlling movement with good alignment and breathing

Check out the Core Strength + Stability Foundations Course here:
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If you're having issues creating belly expansion, check your positioning:    • How To Integrate Core Breathing | Ply...  

How to start strengthening your breathing once you've got the feel:    • Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise to S...  

Breathing with a brace for lifting:    • Diaphragm Breathing to Increase Core ...  

#Breathing is cool. It's the only function in our body that is automatic, but we also have the conscious power to override and control it.⠀
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Breathing is even cooler because it works to not only keep us alive via respiration but it has a crucial secondary component of postural #stability.⠀
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Fun fact: Breathing is the first "functional movement" we perform at birth!⠀
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Breathing creates intraabdominal pressure (IAP) to stabilize the "links of the spinal chain" via activation of the #diaphragm. Like the biceps muscles, the diaphragm contracts like any other muscle. When it contracts the domeshaped muscle flattens and drops into the abdomen like a piston in a cylinder head (engine) this with cocontraction of back, abdominal wall, and pelvic floor muscles working together (in concert) create the abdominal "canister." This is your natural weightlifting belt referenced in the video.⠀
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Ever wonder why a weightlifting belt works (even when often used incorrectly)? It helps you generate IAP by your abdominal wall pushing against its rigid surface. ⠀
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Why not just squeeze your #abs? Sure this strategy works because it generates IAP; however, it has a capacity ceiling. Breathing with an abdominal brace maximizes your ability to generate IAP, which is what this series is all about! ⠀
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↑ IAP = ↑ stability (ability to control joint positions) = ↑movement/mobility/strength/performance


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