Why is my belly big
Why Your Protruding Belly Might Not Be Fat - The Fix
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have you ever seen those people where it
doesn't really look like they're
overweight but for some reason they have
this protruding belly
and it doesn't look like they should
have it but for some reason it's there
it's kind of that skinny fat
look well sometimes that's just an
excess of air
gas and pressure built up within their
abdomen and they can't get rid of it
the reason why there's an excess of gas
and pressure built up within the abdomen
is because there's nowhere else for it
to go when we inhale
our diaphragm needs to be able to
descend and ascend
upon inhalation and exhalation
respectively
and so does our pelvis and ribcage so
when we breathe in
the front of our rib cage and the back
of our ribcage needs to expand out as a
whole and then come back together upon
exhalation our pelvis is very similar
this is inhalation
this is exhalation we have a pelvic
floor right here
that needs to descend upon inhalation
and ascend upon exhalation
now if that can't happen and there's a
variety of reasons why this can't happen
but it's generally a blockage of
expansion going
on within the pelvis itself and within
the ribcage
now let's try to visualize this for a
second so
here's my pelvis it's forward in an
anterior orientation
and i can't breathe into my rib cage so
watch what happens
my belly just took all of that air and
then watched me exhale
still have a belly that's out because
it's the position of my pelvis and a
lack
of a full exhale to get myself to come
back together
so now watch if i get a full exhale
after my inhale
i didn't slouch over i didn't lose any
height
but my pelvis was brought back to center
because i got a good
exhale which restored the ability for me
to get this excess pressure
out of my abdomen for another
visualization i had a client
consultation that i'll put a picture up
right here
the first picture on the left he thought
he was getting a full exhale
but his belly was still protruding out
his measurements his range of motion did
not change
after we retested him the first time the
second time i had him exhaled past the
point of where
he thought he wanted to be in a relaxed
manner
and that actually helped him to get that
stomach to come in
that excess air gas and pressure to come
out of his abdomen
and his diaphragm was able to work again
and then all of a sudden he had less
pain and his range of motion
significantly improved
throughout his body now if you think
this is you i have a lot of information
out there on different ways
to coach and cue a nice good exhalation
that will probably work for you
but different people have different
things going on so i can't responsibly
give blanket advice out to just the
internet world
without knowing what's going on with you
as an individual specifically
so if you want more individualized
attention feel free to reach out and i'd
love to work with you
