The best exercise to protect your back when lifting

The number one concern when clients start lifting is keeping their back safe! Good news, that is also OUR main concern. That's why we do exercises that teach you how to engage your core. That translates into major lifts like deadlifts, squats, and even push-ups and pull-ups! 

Coach Chloe helps me demonstrate how to set up and brace in a deadbug. The video below is a super cute video, but let me make sure I get my point across here. 

 When you set up in a deadbug:

 *Your entire body is locked in. Like if I walked by and pushed you in one direction or the other your body would tip over together

 *If I pulled on your leg or arm, I shouldn’t be able to move it freely

 * Your ribs are tucked so hard that if I came and pushed on your abdomen it would be rock solid

 It’s easy to be passive through a deadbug, but they are probably one of the best exercises to teach you how to brace and engage which carries over to all major lifts. If you want to keep your back safe when you lift, then you better take deadbugs seriously! Check out the video below