Why do we hold our breaths when we push or pull on heavy objects?
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As others’ said, it makes your core more rigid which is necessary to transfer the force without just folding over.
What I wanted to share is what happens when you *don’t*. Because this is exactly what my wife experienced for some time after the birth of our kids… When you’ve had a kid in your belly for such a long time, all the muscles and ligaments have to stretch to make room, naturally. Once the kid is out, everything takes a while to contract again. During that time, a deep breath wasn’t nearly enough to fill up the room the baby had filled. As such she simply *couldn’t* make her core rigid for some time. Many hilarious moments were had when she would go to pick up a grocery bag or something, and just *fold over* lol.
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