01/22/2026
You’ve probably heard your coach tell you to “brace your core,” but have you ever heard them tell you to fart? 🫢💨
Do: Brace your core in any and all positions, but the best place to start is standing up. It’s a position in which our body is anatomically neutral and “easiest” to gain access to these muscles properly. If you’re a beginner, start standing and then move yourself into other positions without losing this “brace.” Being able to create this bracing effect will leave you resilient and unstoppable in all your strength training activities.
Don’t: Take this for granted. All of us, no matter how long we have been doing it, will need the reminder and the “checklist.” Bracing requires work and the moment your body thinks it can get away with NOT having to use that much effort, it will back off. Bracing in itself is a skill. Practice often, be deliberate and unlock what you have been missing.
OH ya, “Think fart” ;)