Why your belly domes or bulges during exercise (and how to troubleshoot it) 👇

When you see doming, coning, or bulging, it’s just your body’s natural response to the list below. It’s feedback. And being able to figure out what might be causing it will help you change your core workouts and make them way more effective.

Here are four common reasons this happens:

1. Your deep core isn’t fully engaging yet.

Your pelvic floor, transverse abdominis, diaphragm, and multifidi all work as a team to manage pressure. When they’re not coordinating, pressure doesn’t get evenly distributed and pushes into the areas that are weakest. By learning to properly engage your deep core, you can fix this.

2. Your alignment needs some attention.

When your ribs aren’t stacked over your pelvis, your diaphragm and pelvic floor can’t work together as well. Finding your neutral alignment is really important. This one is often really overlooked and it’s one of the easier ones to fix.

3. Your outer core muscles like to take over.

If your six pack and obliques are stronger than your deep core, they’ll try to run the show. That’s when you see bread loafing or a V shape pushing your tummy up. This just means your deep core could use some extra love.

4. You have connective tissue changes.

Diastasis recti or tissue changes from pregnancy or significant weight loss can create thinner areas where pressure naturally travels. Super common and also very workable. Continue to get stronger by appropriately challenging yourself with progressive overload and good form.

Remember: these aren’t problems, they’re starting points. 💪

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