You're Engaging Your CORE Wrong! - Exercise FIX 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

You're Engaging Your CORE Wrong! Well thankfully there is an exercise fix! Almost every instructor/fitness video will say "make sure you are ENGAGING YOUR CORE!" But there is a bit more to it then simply squeezing your abs. This video will take you through a simple series of exercises so you can begin to learn how to properly engage your core during exercise. It doesn't matter what workout you are doing, (running, lifting, biking etc...) this should be the first step before starting exercise. I will also take you through how to engage your core and still breathe at the same time. So let this video be your little dose of healthy lifestyle motivation on your fitness journey!

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00:00 Intro
01:34 Why you should engage
02:53 Exercise 1: TVA Contractions
03:52 Exercise 2: Pelvic Floor Contractions
04:51 Exercise 3: Combine the exercises
05:40 Exercise 4: Breathing Exercise
06:55 Put that engaged core to use!

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[raekwonj]

"I know you can't see me doing it but I'm doing it" 🤣

[airida.bekeryte]

I searched through many engage core videos and none of them was understandable for me. But finally, I have found this one. Thank you!

[ggg-uuio]

People tell you EXERCISE! but they don't tell you all that goes into it. The basic exercises and those beginner workout exercises would be killing my neck and head like 20 seconds in and that was all due to poor form and not knowing how to actually engage your muscles during the workout. Thank you sooo much for this info!

[andie]

Can’t wait to put this into practice. I was definitely that person who held their breath 😂

[shishimim]

For the first time I understand what it means to engage core. I'm 34. Thank you 😊🙏🏽

[infiniteoaths]

Almost everyone talks about engaging one's core but no one shows how to do it and I always struggled, well up until today! Thank you for making such a detailed video! (PS: I love how you've responded to every single comment! I really appreciate the amount of care, you most definitely have gotten yourself a subscriber, you deserve so much appreciation <33)

[dirtydan]

2:57
her: what does TVA stand for?
me: time variance authority.

[miaochoa]

This is THE first video where someone took the time and demonstrated how to do something instead of saying to do. Thank you!

[mattjosephhinkle]

Production quality through the roof. I assumed you had 400k+ subs before looking. Keep it up, Michelle.

[Blueskies]

Thank you for this video! ALL personal trainers need to be trained on this more, they don't tell their clients how to do it or even why. Thank you thank you thank you....!

[teetee]

3years later, this is still super helpful. Thank you

[juldepue]

I always try to remind my dancers to tighten their core for basically everything they do! I usually mention pulling their belly button back toward their spine, but have never made them try it just standing still! Thanks for the reminder to go back to basics to make sure everyone understands

[MsBrieBrutal]

The kegel exercise was such a game changer for me. I'm a dancer and have been dancing for the past 2 years. Engaging the core is extremely important in all dance styles for stability and preventing injuries, etc. My problem is that I never understood how to engage it and it was soooo difficult for me to comprehend. This video was super useful to me and found this video extremely useful. Thank you!!

[starzhj]

This has helped me understand how to engage my core and pelvic floor better than anything else I've watched. Thank you so much!

[ImTash]

i've been having a ton of back problems lately and my physio had me stand against a wall and told me i needed to engage my core - didn't know what on earth she meant (i'm not a workout person) thanks for actually making this make sense! Also your personality is like sunshine! keep up the great work :)

[shxkyll]

Holy fRUITS, NOW THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN UNDERSTAND! Thank you so much! I've been noticing lately that my lower back started to hurt when I was doing crunches, and I figured because I wasn't engaging my core correctly :')
Again, thank you so much for this video; you should really have way more subs! I'll help you with that ;D

[StarryViolet]

I've watched multiple videos about how to engage your core and none of them worked for me. I'm glad I stumbled upon this one since it's much easier to understand! Pretty surprising how something so important is often explained so bad or not explained at all by professionals.

[treisharolle]

Thank you Michelle...I've finally found someone who broke it down where I can now engage my core properly while exercising. I'm at work right now practicing lol

[takishajones]

Okay, that was awesome! I was definitely doing it "wrong...all wrong". Yes, now I am ready. Thanks for the FIX.

[SprksPople]

I watched a couple videos before clicking this one. None of them gave a step by step as clearly as this video did. I did the exercises with her and my goodness I can feel the affects. Happy to know I can finally do my workouts properly later.