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Should you feel your neck during core work?

Traditional “core” exercises like the Pilates hundred, crunches, or bicycles are all supposed to target your abs. However, if you’ve ever practiced these moves, you might have felt some tension or engagement in your neck.

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Will core exercises give you flat abs?

I know this is a tough pill to swallow, but I’m not going to bury the lead. Despite popular marketing claims, core exercises, including Pilates, won’t give you “flat abs.” It’s 2020 and spot reduction

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10 creative ways to strengthen your abs without crunches

If you’re anything like my clients, you may not love crunches or ab exercises where you lie on your back and lift your head off of the ground, because… They don’t feel good on your

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What the tuck? Pelvic tucking vs neutral spine

To tuck or not to tuck? That is the great debate among Pilates teachers, barre instructors, and fitness professionals. Some claim tucking saves your back and strengthens your abs. Others argue it wrecks your spine

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Does core work give you flat abs or help with back pain?

As a Pilates teacher, I’ve noticed that people are drawn to core work for one of two reasons: They want flat abs They have back pain and they heard strengthening their core will help These

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How to take care of yourself when you’ve overdone it

Yesterday, I headed up a photoshoot for a body positivity project I’m launching in March (more on that next month). I’ve had this shoot planned for weeks and knew it would involve holding some physically

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How core control helps with performance and back pain

If you’ve spent 5 minutes in the gym…or on the internet, you’ve probably heard something about how core strength flattens your abs, protects your back and reduces back pain. And this is mostly true, but

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How to target pelvic floor with everyday exercises

Last week, I talked about the diaphragm and breathing. What I glossed over was the diaphragm’s BFF, the pelvic floor. If you’ve had a kid and a coresponding pelvic floor issue, you’re probably familiar with

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3 ways to decrease pain and enhance movement with breath

It’s no secret that most of us experience stress from time to time whacking out our nervous system. And because the nervous system regulates breath, it means we don’t always breathe optimally. You might be

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Do this to get more from core training (plus a quick BOSU ab workout)

I have to confess…I’ve never been much of a yoga person. Despite my best efforts to keep an open mind, I always associate it with that one time I took a militant yoga class, where

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