How to Engage Your Core For Runners — Tend Athletics

How Do You Really Engage Your Core?

We’ve all heard “belly button to spine,” “suck in your belly,” and “ENGAGE YOUR CORE!”

But do these cues really “engage” our core?

No.

You have to think of engaging your core as creating intra-abdominal pressure so that your spine can stay STABLE, and therefore be at it’s strongest.

Watch this short clip to see how you can properly engage your core while running, lifting, and in every day life.

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