 Hey everybody, I'm Lance Goyke and today we're gonna kind of ramble about the abdominal muscles when you're squatting So I don't know what you have heard But there are there are a lot of thoughts on how should I use the abs and how should I brace myself when I'm when I'm squatting So the idea of bracing works really well, so I Guess the premise here is that you're creating more pressure inside your Ovens preheated you're creating more pressure Inside your abdomen area we call it intra abdominal pressure intra meaning within You're creating more pressure that way and so you know pressurized air can lift a car So if you need to lift a thousand pounds in your squat, you're gonna need some pressure in there So the idea of bracing is we turn the abs on We tighten everything that we can we compress as much as we can and then we just try to maintain our balance while we move our joints So I'm not gonna feel my abs quite that much, but I am gonna feel this pressure. I'm gonna feel this sensation It sounds like people are here But hi Chris, we're filming yeah, do you want to talk about the abs? You want to talk about the abs with me? Yeah, I Got the goodies there once we take this so I got squash and Perfect, no, I gel did over because it was gross So Chris is here and we're gonna talk about abs together. Oh God We're having a little get-together dinner. We're having a Bay area Mountain View training at Google Mastermind group right now, and this is not related to the abs at all, but this is so worth talking about Come on over So basically I'm trying to rant on abs and if you're using them when you're squatting so Would you say that when you? Contract something or let's say you're doing a go-go-go type of squat. You're doing something really heavy or whatever You're just as Pat Davidson would say you're mashing. Yeah Do you think you're gonna feel your abs when you do that? Yes Okay, explain more. I'd say probably just through like Valsalva Oh Valsalva, so I have a video on the Valsalva maneuver and bracing and we just talked about it So you might feel it. Yes, it's mostly asymmetric So you may not feel it as well, and if you're doing a like heavy kind of loaded squat You yeah, you probably don't feel that much because you're turning a lot of sensory system stuff off And you're getting really hindbrain, right? You're getting really automatic also People generally feel the abs when it shortens like I'm a lot fucker, right? I Don't think I should say that on my YouTube channel, but I am When when those muscles get really short they feel them, right? So that's why people like doing crunches because they can feel that stuff turn on and it feels like they're doing something So you that's why people don't understand that squatting is an ab exercise too because you don't feel it It's it's a synergist, right? It's it's a supporting Act it's not the the main event So you probably won't feel it. I would disagree probably won't feel it Well agree with your second guess disagree with your first guess probably won't feel it during a heavy brace but if I take something like a More mobility minded drill, maybe my heels are elevated maybe my feet are a little closer together Maybe I reach really far and maybe I exhale a lot too shorten that muscle Then I might be feeling it some people just won't feel that right away at all and Good luck if you're doing that because generally you're harder to work with because it's harder to feel some things But I think you can get it if you stick through it Make sure you reach your feet down make sure you're reaching your heels down through the ground Make sure you reach forward and make sure you exhale a Long time and as long as you can or as much air as you can to help again get that shortening So recap if you're doing really heavy stuff, this is the most laid-back video I've ever had somebody came in We the thing went off the beep in and now I'm just leaning on the counter Which I've been most of the video anyway. This is ridiculous I'll post it though. Don't worry So recap if you're bracing you're probably not gonna feel those abs so much though. They are working remember that and If I do want to feel them It's probably in a more mobility minded squat, right? Or maybe it's when I'm conscious just setting up for the heavier thing, right? I could do a set of six and still feel that by the by the sixth rep I'd be shocked if you're still feeling it I'd I'd you know celebrate right because that that could I think be a good thing I think you could still push yourself pretty hard on a set of six and still Consciously feel your abdominals, but or like I would I feel a shit ton of abs if I'm doing super heavy squat front squats But not back squats. Yeah. Yeah, or safety bar You feel safety bar too. Yeah, so Why do you think you feel it in the the front? Yes Probably because my Shit, so I'm shifting forward there. I'm allowed to shift back and go straight down Whereas the back squat I just feel like My abs are more of a lengthened position as front squat I feel like it's more stacked and just go more up and down with the rib cage and the pelvis And I feel like I lose that vision with back squat. Yeah. Yeah I think that's a pretty good explanation You can also look at it from the the back squat Position has me bent over more and will inherently load my back more in my front less Why do you think you feel it in the safety squat bar? Do you actively reach through the handles So that would do it yeah, yeah, because it's still a little bit more upright Okay, yeah, well exactly exactly and that was the the point I would make is When you have something it's like the difference between a low bar squat and a high bar squat, right? So if the weight is further away from my lever or from my Axis the leverage gets longer the moment gets longer. So it's harder And so if I bend over that gets amplified So 135 feels like 185 when I'm bending over with the safety squat bar So you have to stay more upright if you're gonna, you know, optimize your leverage at all That's cool So this is the most exciting video we've ever made we should start working out. I'm just gonna do pistols and Hopefully those thoughts were entertaining Hopefully they were helpful, but if not, hopefully they were at least entertaining and I'll see you next time