How to Isolate Lower Abs | Belly Dancing

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Belly dancing is sexy, fun, and burns up a lot of calories to boot! In this video, belly dancer Irina Akulenko teaches you how to isolate lower abs. You'll be shaking it like Shakira in no time.
Now let's try isolating our lower abs only. Keeping the knees bent, tailbone down, chest lifted, shoulders back, arms out. You're going to contract about an inch below the belly button to pull the muscles in. In the beginning you might try to rotate the hips under which is fine so just find that isolation, but ideally you want this to be a purely muscular movement that does not compromise a normal position. So in the beginning let's just rotate the hips under contracting in, and release, and in, and release, and make sure that when you release you do not untuck your tailbone back, you wanna make sure that your back stays straight even when you uncurl to come back to neutral position. So let's try that with music. Now try to isolate just the lower ab muscles, do not move your hips, so the hip bones will actually remain neutral. Trying to contract just the lower abs, pulling in, and release, in, and release. And a little bit faster. While you're isolating keep the upper abs relaxed. And faster. That's how you isolate your lower abs.

[@trock8930]

I’ve been through multiple abdominal surgeries, and have a complete wall of mesh covering my stomach. I was suffering with brutal, horrid pain from abdominal adhesions. This simple isolation exercise recommended by my PT has ended all the abdominal adhesion attacks! A life changer for me.

[@Katy3865]

For anyone struggling, it helps me to push my fingers in my upper and lower abs respectively and try to push out only one. It definitely helps me identify which is which!

[@ilovenycsomuch]

I don’t even know if there is anything to contract below my belly button, no matter how much I try to squeeze & contract from my stomach with all I got, everything pulls in only from the upper abs. I’m disappointed cuz people said that “anyone can learn to belly dance” but this truly seems impossible for me cuz I can’t even find any feeling of “lower abs” so I don’t see how I could even practice this

[@houarie1]

How the hell do you move the lower abb only? Its friggen impossible

[@jevitigre]

As Allen Iverson said; practice, practice and practice.

[@abigailzeman-miner8036]

Dinkey. I can isolate my lower but not my upper abs

[@annajansen6945]

@Gail I read that you need to use your ribcage to isolate your upper abs, but almost everyone struggles more with the upper than the lower abs so it´s probably a practice-thing and you will dance amazing in a few month :)

[@catmagics5582]

just a question. how do you breathe

[@karinabellydancer]

cat magics simple as you breathe at life

[@sahajapallu]

Same doute

[@Salmakindgirl]

When you dance you breathe air threw your mouth

[@elfenbellydance2763]

I can do my Lowe abs, it's my upper abs I have a problem with! 😫

[@PrimaveraBailando]

how can I make sure that the upper abs are not engaged in this movement? my upper abs always move :( when I try to contract the lower abs

[@alexaclark6432]

Same. I don’t get it

[@isisbathory]

I can't really do this but I will keep on trying. Thank for sharing these tutorials.

[@aniawojtowicz8291]

this is the most difficult belly dance move

[@Missyasmina61]

I think it’s shimmy 😭

[@jasminetiano2284]

Lower abs are the hardest!!!!

[@lauramoreira4439]

i think im doing the same thing for lower and upper abs

[@karmagamechanger5517]

Why do I look like I need a toilet?

[@alwadeem4813]

Merritt Islander 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GreenSong257]

perfect performer & teacher.
very talented, bravo!

[@thecatbehemoth]

demo demo demo!! As a finale to these videos you should do a demo with all the moves together in a dance :)))))))))

[@LMmccallL57]

Loving her instructional videos!

[@user-jp8iz7pr4v]

Hope you can stranlation English to vietnam to us can get it

[@atrueblueintheoutback2370]

I'm here after watching the belly roll video thinking that yeah i will be able to do it if I learn how to do the movement separately but I am thinking that this is even harder.

[@billcipher2893]

try do this whilte sitting

[@Strongpaw111]

omg I can do it! I think...lol

[@ProdBlind]

I use this for my bone break

[@owlgirl2337]

where do i get clothes like what shes wearing?

[@agentkelli93]

Wow I can do it!!

[@ashleyvlog2719]

What is the title of the music

[@shreya6521]

nice

[@jessicaduck7695]

Can't do it 1) I'm fat 😂 and 2) it makes me need a wee

[@alwadeem4813]

Jessica Duck 😂

[@esmacaluk8640]

Everybody is saying that it's harder to contract the lower abs but for me the upper abs are harder because you nedd to pull your whole ribcage. Lower abs are actually quite easy for me.

[@AKRAMKHAN-wx2ib]

Piz more videos in Belly dance

[@lexibexy1]

My top abs want to join but my lower abs are being stubborn Lolol ugh

[@rotondwarambau8208]

I can easily do this but isolating my upper abs is a problem.

[@MsRipp1]

how does one breathe during these moves, i'm getting light headed. :(

[@ashanixvn9440]

I don't know how

[@anja2966]

I dont know why I clicked on this I could do this since I was a Little Girl.

[@alwadeem4813]

👍🏻😊sooooo easy 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@TaskinKosedag]

Why would anybody be on Howcast..T___T

[@rhearoo3081]

Breath D:

[@VK7652]

leaked :P

[@calycalyps0]

Ladys don't try this on your period

[@TheChocodip]

SHIT!