Do you want to do it or not? … ABS

Two weeks before writing the article:

Jenny is a client I have been working with for many years and has recovered very quickly through several births. She is naturally tall and thin, with wide hips and a very flat abdomen. As she can see from her "Vogue" magazine in October 2003, she has the perfect body to wear. She is the kind of woman who doesn't want muscles at all, just a long fashion & feminine "line. We have recently strengthened her training because she is getting stronger and stronger, we really need to continue to challenge to keep the heat Consumption of high metabolic burn rates without muscle definition. Jenny does not like to do aerobic exercise, so this is not a solution.

Recently, when I started exercising, Jenny stopped, pulled up her T-shirt and showed me her abdominal muscles. I am very satisfied with what I saw, this is the definition of the position of the inferior oblique muscle and the rectus abdominis [your quadrant, also known as '6 packs']. There is a strong culling that indicates the muscles below. Jenny pointed at it and said, "I don't want this." What shocked me is that the only thing I can think of is "If a group of women are listening to us, they will laugh at you."

Everyone is different and has different goals. So Jane now thinks she shouldn't do abdominal exercises and asks "Why do I need to do them, my abdominal muscles are good, just like them? You can write these in the next newsletter, so I better understand why I need to Do ABS".

Then I began to explain the importance of core work [abs]. How to stabilize your abdominal muscles and help prevent injuries by supporting and tightening. The brain sends information to the transverse abdominis [remembering the belt muscles, we all spend time, practicing through breathing] and then telling any other muscles to move. For example, the mind tells the knee to lift, but before the quadriceps muscle begins to lift the response, the lateral abdomen receives information by tightening to balance, control, and force. So basically you get support from your abdominal muscles, then you start exercising, supporting and centering. That's why I keep repeating "pull the navel and wrap it around the spine." The more you react to the exercise, the more skilled, balanced, coordinated, focused, and strong you are, plus your abdominal muscles are flatter.

There is a highly recognized school that advocates: “Every sport you do, every sport and every activity is abdominal exercise, if you draw a belly button and support the abdominal muscles. Sit-ups and sit-ups waste you Time instead of producing results. "I personally think that all institutions do not have a formula. For those who don't have a low back problem, plus the perfect balance, coordination and conditional response to pull the navel to the spine, I said yes, you don't need to do abdominal muscles. But for us, all mortals sometimes distort, bend and pull things [or children!] and forget to support… you still need to do your abdominal muscles. Remember that practice is perfect, and the supporting reactions of different resistances and degrees are not inherent, but practical. Therefore, based on this article, I will let Jenny become her own judge and decide in a sensible way whether she needs to do her abdominal muscles.

PS. If she decides not to do so, I will carefully monitor her balance, strength, coordination and waist reaction. If I do see any signs of weakness, I will discuss with her the need for intermittent ab training.

Two weeks later

Jeanne later clarified that she didn't want a muscle definition, but the most important thing was that she didn't want any round belly. Therefore, we completely omitted sit-ups. Her abdomen is completely flattened again by eliminating sit-ups and exercising the abdominal muscles through body movements and twisting and bending. She did not lose balance, strength or coordination, and her conditional response now is to pull the navel and support her abdominal muscles. She won't have the popular 6-package definition, but it's her personal choice. For my personal and all customers who choose to do this, I will continue to do sit-ups, only to reach the position where the navel can be kept towards the center of gravity [spine]. If the abdomen suddenly appears in the abdomen, it will form a circle and may weaken the conditional response to the pull-in. But knowing that you can exercise your abdominal muscles all day, no matter what you are doing, just supporting them and pulling in, isn't that good? Hey! Flat abdominal muscles.

Real person, real situation personal trainer was originally published on Spring