So what causes that little bulge in the lower belly?
If your diet is on point, you’re lean, you’re working hard… What can cause the pooch?
Simple: tight hip flexors.
The muscles that cross the front of your hips can get really tight and pull you into what we exercise science types call an “anterior pelvic tilt.”
This forward tilt pulls your low back out of alignment. Look at the diagram below on the left, it shows what happens when your low back is pulled forward:
In the lordosis (“swayback”) picture the lower belly is pooched out!
So what exercise helps to stretch tight hip flexors? The humble hip flexor stretch
Ask Colleen at club to demonstrate the three way hip flexor stretch
