Stomach Vacuum
A step-by-step form guide from the Ægir Iron exercise library: how to do the lift, what to watch for, and the muscles it trains.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
HOW TO PERFORM
- Stand tall with the hands on the hips.
- Breathe all the air out of the lungs.
- Draw the belly button in toward the spine as far as it will go and hold it there without breathing in.
- Hold for the prescribed time, then breathe in and relax.
FORM TIPS
- The ribs stay down and still. The work is the belly drawing in, not the chest lifting.
- Standing is the hardest position. Learn it on all fours first if the belly will not stay drawn in.
TARGET MUSCLES
Primary
- Abs
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