Pelvic floor safe lunge with lightweight kettlebell.
Kettlebell swings pelvic floor.
Kettlebell is an no no.
The female pelvic floor is designed for childbearing making it vulnerable to pelvic organ prolapse when compared with the male pelvic floor i e.
This happens during leg exercises such as leg presses deep squats burpees and deep weighted lunges and back exercises such as chin ups deadlifts and kettlebell swings.
You could also do seated lat pulldown for your lats and hamstring curls for the back of your thighs if this is what you re trying to work too.
The swing of the kettle bell pulls us down into a squat and usually a bend over which compresses our intraabdominal space this forces significant pressure down on our pelvic organs.
I would leave our kettlebell swings with prolapse pelvic floor problems in favour of modified deadlift which work the glutes thighs and back.
The appeal of crossfit.
Do this for 10 15 reps.
In tim ferris 4 hour body he experiments with doing only kettlebell swings as a form of exercise and had dramatic results you can read about the full results on his blog here and trust me it s pretty impressive.
Think of this as an exploration to target the muscles causing your atp then try and strengthen them from there.
In fact kettlebell swings have notoriety as kind of a magic exercise.
Also the swing in one direction needs to be changed as we stop the heavy weight from moving one direction to the opposite.
Like deadlifting more than double my bodyweight pistol squatting a 20kg kettlebell and repping out weighted pull ups strong.
While in the past a program like crossfit would have likely attracted almost an exclusively male following today things are different.
Let s break here for a second and talk about the pelvic floor.
Three pelvic openings compared with two.
Slow and controlled return the weight to the floor then your hips whilst still engaging glutes hams and lower abs to keep the fixed tilt.
The anatomical differences give the male pelvic floor a greater capacity to withstand greater forces and loading than the female pelvic floor especially when compared with women after childbirth or.
The point of kegels is to strengthen the pelvic floor but i d managed without doing nary a kegel to do just that.
This should feel good when your back touches the floor flatter.
Kettlebell swings work the glutes hips back and shoulders.