If you are a woman and have had children, did you go to a pre-natal course? Have you heard of ‘kegel’ exercises or ‘diaphragmatic’ breathing? Both, can help you perform better, sit better and improve your ‘core’ strength. Women and men have a supportive ‘bowl’ of muscles in the pelvis; by contracting them, tightening your gut, stopping the flow of urine, you are kegeling! When sitting, standing, or lying on the couch, do your kegels to initiate your core workouts. When you breathe deeply into your gut, you are pushing down with your diaphragm, expanding your thorax and pushing the air into the lower lungs. These lower lobes of the lungs contain the richest areas of oxygen-blood exchange. Train better, expand your belly and control your breathing effort…again, using part of your core!

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