The Best Thing To Do With Your Transverse Muscle When Doing Aerobics


This is a question people ask me ALL the time because one of the 4 steps of the Tupler Technique® is for you to  hold in your transverse muscle  at 5th floor on the work of everything you do. So it makes sense to think that would include aerobic activities.  However, it does NOT!   When you are doing aerobic activities, like walking or running, you need to belly breathe because you need lots of oxygen for this type of activity.  That means as you are walking you are expanding your belly to first floor and then exhaling bringing your belly to 5th floor.  When you get to 5th floor………give it a little squeeze!  So although you are not holding it at 5th floor, you are still  working your transverse muscle with every breath you take! Try it. Giving your body more oxygen will give you more stamina when doing your aerobic activities.

To learn more about Diastasis Recti & the Tupler Technique® read this article: DIASTASIS RECTI RESEARCH AND EVIDENCED BASED EXERCISE PROGRAM

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About Julie Tupler RN

Julie Tupler, RN, is a registered nurse, certified childbirth educator, certified personal trainer, and creator of the Tupler Technique® Program, which she developed in 1990. For more than 30 years, she has been teaching and developing the Tupler Technique® Program for the treatment of diastasis recti in women, men, and children. Through Diastasis Rehab, Julie teaches clients and professionals how to use the Tupler Technique® to help address abdominal separation with a non-surgical, research-based approach. She is also the author of multiple books on maternal fitness and diastasis recti, including Maternal Fitness, Lose Your Mummy Tummy, Together Tummy, and Will You Be My Belly Buddy?