Turning on your core

ZTazlor

My husband and I have started doing Insanity together which is absolutely awesome!!

Though, my husband loves playing sports, he's never been the gym or gym classes kind of guy, so he doesn't really understand the term "turn your core on".

I have tried very hard to explain this to him but he still has no concept of how to do it, does anyone have any ideas of how to explain this to him??

ZTazlor

BUMP - anyone out there that can help me?

AmyRhubarb

Is that Insanity terminology? I've never heard "turn your core on" before. I can tighten my core, flex and/or use those muscles, but not sure about turning them on.....

firstsip

Depends. Is it i5 or i7?

taso42

Never heard of it. Can you explain it to me too?

Crankstr

never heard of it

sarah44254

I imagine if I turned the core off I would either
A) lose all muscle control above my hips, resulting in a flailing torso/upper body
turn the engine off in my car?

MidwestAngel

Is there a switch somewhere that makes this possible?

1ConcreteGirl

I did Insanity. Shaun T uses the phrase to mean engaging all the muscles in your core. Maybe try getting him into a plank so he can see what that feels like.

hatethegame

If you mean he is having problems when T says "keep your core tight", tell him to pay attention to how his stomach muscles feel when he laughs. He can even fake laugh to get an idea what it feels like to tighten or activate the core muscles.

laughingdani

I used to have an instructor say "cinch up your inner corset". I guess the mental visual helped.

MB_Positif

Is there a switch somewhere that makes this possible?

Belly button?

goody2shews

my sister did insanity. I watched

It sounded to me similiar to what I'm taught in physical therapy. They told me " keep your belly button and below pinned to your spine"

Rayman79

Maybe to 'turn your core on' you have to play some sensual music and give it a little massage?!

PikaKnight

Though, my husband loves playing sports, he's never been the gym or gym classes kind of guy, so he doesn't really understand the term "turn your core on".

Neither do I. What is this phrase?

DavPul

Is there a switch somewhere that makes this possible?

Switch? I would describe it as more of a button

nz_deevaa

Is there a switch somewhere that makes this possible?

Switch? I would describe it as more of a button

*snort*

parys1

Is there a switch somewhere that makes this possible?

Switch? I would describe it as more of a button

*snort*

A "hot topic," if you will.

NachoEverydayChick

<PTI>

OP-The answer is to tell him to engage his abs.

<please continue with regularly scheduled programming>

jelr

Sean T explains it in a podcast but he basically says, laugh, the tightness you feel during laughter is the contraction of your abs this is what you need to be replicating as you work out. Clench the stomach/ab muscles and hold while focusing on your form over your speed.

dunno if this will let me link it but here we go http://www.teambeachbody.com/connect/message-boards/-/message_boards/message/179294069

NVREST

<PTI>

OP-The answer is to tell him to engage his abs.

<please continue with regularly scheduled programming>

I have no idea what that term meant.. but this ^^^^^ sounds very easy to understand

AlongCame_Molly

I usually start with a glass of wine...then tell my core sweet things that I love about it. Lightly brush my core's neck with my lips, and softly mmmm in its ear.

ZTazlor

Sean T explains it in a podcast but he basically says, laugh, the tightness you feel during laughter is the contraction of your abs this is what you need to be replicating as you work out. Clench the stomach/ab muscles and hold while focusing on your form over your speed.

dunno if this will let me link it but here we go http://www.teambeachbody.com/connect/message-boards/-/message_boards/message/179294069

Thanks jelr, that's exactly what I was looking for.

I can demonstrate it to him, but couldn't seem to explain it in a way that he could replicate.

ZTazlor

I used to have an instructor say "cinch up your inner corset". I guess the mental visual helped.

Yeah, that's the way that I have heard it, and while it makes sense to those of us that have been exposed to this kind of training before, it's totally foreign to other people.

Thanks for your response.

ZTazlor

<PTI>

OP-The answer is to tell him to engage his abs.

<please continue with regularly scheduled programming>

Thanks for your response, I did try telling him this, but it still didn't make sense to him.

ZTazlor

Maybe to 'turn your core on' you have to play some sensual music and give it a little massage?!

Hahaha...I really didn't think about the topic wording did i...

ZTazlor

I did Insanity. Shaun T uses the phrase to mean engaging all the muscles in your core. Maybe try getting him into a plank so he can see what that feels like.

That's exactly what I did, and while he understood what I meant when he was in the plank position, he couldn't seem to replicate it in standing... -- Thanks for your response.

DavPul

I used to have an instructor say "cinch up your inner corset". I guess the mental visual helped.

I sincerely hope her husband doesn't understand what this means. I certainly don't

AnvilHead

Tell him to tighten up like somebody's about to punch him in the gut. That should give him the mental picture.