Can you exercise your abdominal muscles when pregnant? Why should you exercise your abdominal muscles when pregnant? How should you exercise? Let’s take a closer look at doing abdominal exercises while pregnant! First, here are…
If you’re a new mother, you should wait a long time before getting back to doing sit-ups and crunches, especially if you have abdominal separation. Crunches will never make your…
That bit of stomach that ‘overhangs’ when you do planks. It sounds like something made up, but believe me – it’s not at all unusual for me to get questions about…
If you’ve ever practised Pilates, you’ve probably heard of the term ‘powerhouse’. It’s a name for the muscle groups that make us strong from the inside, and it includes our…
Here I show the most common mistakes people make when doing planks: head dropped, back arched, shoulders dropped and stomach in the shape of a cone. If you tend to…
After you have held a plank in various positions (called a static plank) for a while, it is time to move on to what I call dynamic planks. See also: Plank…
In the first part of our plank guide, we found out about hollowing and the importance of finding the right posture before you start, as well as how much breathing affects…
There are few exercises that you can vary as much as planks. If you do planks correctly (because yes, you can also do them incorrectly), you will exercise your whole…
You’re doing ‘everything right’. You’re doing ‘all’ the exercises. And everything you’ve been told to do. By the book. And yet … nope. Your stomach hasn’t got a lot better.…
