One technique that can improve your core strength & spine stability in an instant

Bracing is a technique that isn’t new but is under used. Currently a different technique called hollowing is used to stabilise the spine but it doesn’t.

“Summarizing the above results, performing bracing exercises, which can contract both deep and superficial muscles entirely, rather than performing hollowing exercises, which only contract deep muscles independently, is more effective for activating the abdominal muscles.”
Hyung-Woo Koh, Sung-Hyoun Cho, PT, PhD,* and Cheol-Yong Kim, PT, PhD

“Abdominal bracing, which activates the three layers of the abdominal wall with no “drawing in” is much more effective than abdominal hollowing at enhancing spine stability”
McGill 2001, Grenier and McGill 2007

Bracing isn’t an exercise per-se but a technique you use within an exercise. To find how to perform it please watch this weeks tutorial.

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