Low Pressure Fitness in Nedlands

Low-Pressure Fitness in Nedlands is a unique training method that combines mindful breathing and movement to safely activate and strengthen the deepest core muscles. These muscles support posture, joint stability, and essential functions like bladder, bowel, and sexual health. Factors such as injury, surgery, pregnancy, illness, or a sedentary lifestyle can weaken them over time.

Through a structured sequence of exercises, Low-Pressure Fitness in Nedlands reduces pressure in the thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities, promoting core stability and overall well-being. The method incorporates hypopressive breathing, a technique that engages deep muscles without excessive strain, making it a safe and effective workout.

By maintaining proper postural cues and regulating intra-abdominal pressure, Low-Pressure Fitness helps improve core strength, posture, and recovery. Whether you’re seeking postpartum rehabilitation or a low-impact way to enhance stability, our expert-led sessions in Nedlands offer the perfect solution. Book your class today!

Two Phase Of Breathing

In Low Pressure Fitness (LPF), the hypopressive technique is applied during two distinct breathing phases:

Rest Phase – This phase focuses on controlled breathing with proper lower rib cage expansion. As you inhale and exhale, the emphasis is on deep, diaphragmatic breathing to promote relaxation and core engagement.

Apnoea Phase – This is a breath-holding technique performed after a full exhale. By closing the nose and glottis to create a seal, you attempt to inhale without drawing in air. This action causes the rib cage to expand, producing the signature hollowing effect beneath the ribs.

This apnoea-induced rib cage expansion mimics an abdominal vacuum, shifting internal pressure and triggering a natural, reflexive activation of the pelvic floor and deep core muscles. This technique enhances core strength, posture, and overall stability while reducing strain on the body.

Low Pressure Fitness can help with..

Abdominal pain
Abdominal weakness
Athletic performance
Bladder control
Constipation
Diastasis recti
Stress reduction

Low back Pain
Pelvic floor dysfunction
Posture
Prolapse
Respiratory function
Sexual dysfunction
... and so much more!

Techniques & Benefits

Where did this technique come from?

Hypopressives have actually been around for a long time. The technique has been practiced for centuries in certain teachings of Yoga as Udiyanha Bandha. Bodybuilders in the 1970s such as Arnold Schwarzenegger used it during competitive posing to slim the waistline for accentuating their torso. In the 1980s research began to emerge that focused on its impact on the pelvic structures. In 2004 in Spain, Dr. Tamara Rial and Piti Pinsach started to develop research and create a movement system using the hypopressive concepts. By 2014, this movement system would evolve into Low Pressure Fitness.

Who can benefit from LPF Hypopressives?

The bottom line is: this is a movement system. Just like Yoga and Pilates, LPF can be a progressive way to improve your fitness level, core strength, posture and breathing mechanics. The poses and transitions follow technical principles and postural foundations to accentuate strengthening along the myofascial lines (groups of muscles and connective tissue). But they offer this through a “pressureless” workout. LPF can be tailored to your specific health needs and diagnosis. Overall, this system helps to re-educate your postural muscles, your breathing mechanics, and the deep muscles of the core canister. It also improves cardio-pulmonary fitness and balances your nervous system. Specific pelvic health conditions like prolapse, incontinence (urinary leaking), and pelvic pain have also shown significant improvements.

Low Pressure Fitness in Nedlands