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Tag: Drawing-in maneuver

  • A Quick Ab Circuit to Try this Weekend!

    The weekend has arrived, but let’s not forget about our abdominals! This musculature (“our center”) is the origin for all of our movements. Tip:  During all exercises, draw-in your naval towards your spine pressing your low back into the mat.  Lying in a supine position (on your back), pretend you have a coin on top of your…

  • It’s Time to Stabilize!

    Today’s post is about the functional importance of the core musculature.  Both, local stabilizers and global stabilizers, aid by keeping our spines stable and aligned and our core muscles tight throughout all of our movement patterns.  The core is our center of gravity (COG), the origin site of all our movements.  Specifically, the local stabilizers perform drawing-in maneuver and the global stabilizers perform bracing. Drawing-In Maneuver…