The hypopressive abdominal gymnastics is a physiotherapy technique that was born in Belgium, created by Marcel Caufríez, and was conceived from the point of view of therapy, and sport.
In the field of sport is geared to improve the physical condition and posture as well as to prevent injury, increase athletic performance and to reduce the perimeter of the waist.
The abdominal hypopresive
strengthen in a different way than the abdominal muscles. Work servings deepest of the abdominal muscles, primarily the transverse of the abdomen, so that will be very helpful to
lower the contour of the waist. These exercises have the particularity that
are made in brief moments of sleep apnoea, that is to say, without air and without breath. The people with high blood pressure should not perform this type of exercises.
Let's see how they perform. The first thing is to adopt the specific position for each exercise – standing, semi-flexed, flexed, cat, backgrounds - and,
after making 3-4 inspirations and expirations before, you have to let all the air out, both of the lungs as the abdomen. Then we must contract the abdomen and hold the position for about 15 seconds. Finish the exercise, respiraremos normally until recover and repeat. To each of the positions you should spend about 5-10 minutes, depending on each person.
The exercise method should be done with a good dose of attention in order to feel how the muscles contract correctly - we must notice how it sinks to the abdomen and the diaphragm is raised to the vacuum air-. Models and celebrities who want to recover the line after pregnancy have popularized the hypopressive abdominal gymnastics:
Adriana Lima, Miranda Kerr, Karolina Kurkova,and Gisele Bündechen among others.
The abdominal method are very useful among runners
often develop pain in the lumbar region, in the area of the groin and the pubic bone. Done regularly these exercises
will help improve posture, abdominal strength and to avoid some injuries.