FL/PE1: tucked hollow body hold

Make sure the knees are slightly in front of the hips: if they are directly above or behind the hips, the jump from PE2 to PE3 may be too difficult (and you won't receive credit for mastering PE1/2).

A soft mat is recommended, particularly if you have a pointy tail bone.

Try to have good PPT: you know you have enough when your lower back is pressed firmly into the floor.

Round your upper back enough for the shoulder blades to come off the floor.

I always go through these steps to make sure I do it correctly:

 

PPT, back flat to floor

Press the legs together (knees touching)

Squeeze the butt

Press abs to floor (no belly bulge)

 

Fight to keep these cues active as you lift up shoulders and feet. Feet only rise a few inches from floor, shoulder blades off the floor.

what is PPT

Posterior Pelvic Tilt

thanks!!! :-)

Coach Sommer on 11 April 2015 wrote "It is not so much a matter of sucking the abs in, but contracting them inward and downward in order to fully activate the transverse abdominus."

https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/topic/20142-abs-sticking-out/?p=184525

 

Cole Dano on 14 April 2015 wrote "An idea we used in yoga was to try to pull the lower belly and pelvic floor together."

https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/topic/20142-abs-sticking-out/?p=184784