Breath Support = Abs

Ever heard of Breath Support? Think "Abs!" It's all about the abdominal muscles (or, more specifically, your Transversus - watch for a future post.)

Now... the reality is that it's not just about abs/transverse. It's also about the pelvic diaphragm, the internal intercostals, and other ab muscles - and they all work in conjunction with the diaphragm (and the external intercostals) to balance the air flow. The big mistake is to think that the diaphragm is sending the air out sufficiently for your voice to work optimally.

Here's a transcript of the video:

Hey there, Jim Johnson for Accent Help here, and I talked a little bit before in another post about how we will drop off at the ends of phrases and commonly go into vocal fry, and that when we go down in pitch, we actually need more breath support. So a little more on breath support.

Breath support is abs, and you should get used to that because when your diaphragm descends for the in-breath, it's a muscle that works downward, and when you breathe out, muscles don't work the other way too. They work one direction. When I lift my arm, my biceps are working. When I shove my arm out, my triceps are working, yes? So they're working in opposition. My biceps can't push my arm out.

So you got to do a very similar thing with your diaphragm, working for the in-breath, but it can't work for the out-breath. But you need work for the out breath, and that's all about the abs.

Many people say that it's actually about the transversus, specifically. In your abs, the up and down abs are the rectus abdominis. Those are your six-pack abs that everybody can see unless they're hidden under layers of fat.

And then you have your internal and external obliques the ones that are, that you work when you do twisting crunches. But almost all of your crunches are working the rectus abdominis.

The difficult ones are the the abs that go across this way and are down deeper. They're the deepest level of abs. And that's your transverses, and that would be your skinny jeans muscle. When you're trying to put on your skinny jeans, and you have to tighten up your belly, that muscle that's drawing in there, that's probably getting at your transverses.

So more about your transverses coming up.

Breath support in general is work in the abs or the transverses, so you need to get used to breath support, abs, breath support, abs. And if you can get more specific, transverses. That's even more awesome.

Quick intro to what breath support is.

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