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a podcast where I empower you to just be you. With each episode, I dish you a dose of real talk

and actionable advice for building your confidence, honoring your body, and unconditionally loving

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Hello and welcome back to another episode on The Embrace for a podcast. Today we're going to be

diving into something that almost every woman asked me at some point. And that is how the heck

do I actually build a strong core? Listen, I get it. You've probably done all the ab workouts on YouTube. You've probably cranked out crunches, planks at the end of your workouts. Maybe you've even felt the burn, but you just still don't feel stronger in your core. Like maybe your back hurts when you lift. Maybe you still feel weak when you're trying to hold a plank, and maybe you're just wondering why you don't see all the effort in the mirror.

Well, if that's the case, I probably have at least some part of an answer that you've been looking

for. There are sneaky little mistakes that so many women are making when it comes to core

training. And today I want to break those down to

you in very plain English so that not only you understand what they are, but why they matter

and what to do instead. So in today's episode, we're going to be covering the difference between

abs and your actual core. Why crunches alone won't cut it. How compound lifts are secretly the best core training. Why

bracing your lift matters. Why bracing your core during your lifts matters more than you think.

The problem with fast, flashy abs circuits, how stress and hormones can sneak in and mess with

their core. And then last but not least, why nutrition and recovery are the

real secret sauce for definition and strength? By the end of this episode, you're hopefully going to

be walking away with a complete game plan for building a stronger core, the kind of strength

that not only looks good, but actually feels good in your daily life. Before we dive in though,

I want to share this review.

She says, so thankful to have found this podcast. I'm so thankful to have found this podcast.

I love how she brings God into our fitness routines. He really is the reason for even being

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