Sentences with phrase «abdominal muscle activity»

The deadlift seems to involve similar abdominal muscle activity to the back squat, side plank and superman exercises.

Using a weightlifting belt might be expected to affect gluteus maximus EMG amplitude only if abdominal muscle EMG amplitude were to be affected, as there is often an influence of abdominal muscle activity on gluteus maximus EMG amplitude, which is thought to be because of force couples created across the pelvis during hip extension (Neumann, 2010).

The use of instability devices (Swiss ball vs. stable bench) appears to affect abdominal muscle activity.

More instability leads to greater abdominal muscle activity.

A study by McGill and colleagues (1990) showed that weight lifting belt usage showed no difference in lower back / abdominal muscle activity than those not utilizing belts.

The back squat appears to display lower abdominal muscle activity than the overhead squat or plank exercises but similar abdominal muscle activity to the front squat and deadlift.

Heavier loads, and conscious cues to contract the abdominals lead to increased abdominal muscle activity during back squats.

In contrast, Hamlyn et al. (2007) found that the lower region of the deep abdominals muscle activity was no different between the side plank, back squat and deadlift performed with 80 % of 1RM.

Not exact matches

The core muscles, including the abdominal muscles, act as stabilizers while we stand, turn our heads and neck, move the pelvis and help us do exercises or any type of intense physical activity, from fast running and jumping to cutting wood, shoveling snow, raking leaves and lifting weights.

Strong abdominal muscles will give you the necessary stamina you need to maintain proper form in your workouts and help you maintain the posture you desire in your daily activities.

Depending on how advanced your prolapse is, you may still be able to participate in some of the activities you mentioned (star jumps / burpees / man push ups / sit ups / forward and side planks etc), as long as you are extremely mindful about «zipping up» (i.e. engage your pelvic floor muscles FIRST and then engage your deep abdominal muscles) prior to these explosive motions.

Include some of these activities into your abdominal training routine and start building great looking side muscles.

A simple activity that can teach you how to use your abdominal (core) muscles to breathe better is to wrap your hand around your waist line, and then try to push your hands slightly away and out to the side as you breathe out.

With each fight or flight activation, there is an inhibition of activity and blood flow to the abdominal organs in order to put energy and blood towards your muscles and lungs.

Plank is a perfect activity to strengthen the entire core even those deep abdominal muscles.

You can stop the separation of the abdominal muscles by pulling the belly button back to the spine before you do any activities that may strain the belly.

Assessing the effects of cues, Bressel et al. (2009) found that conscious efforts to contract the abdominal muscles during squats did not affect the muscle activity of the erector spinae.

Assessing the effects of cues, Bressel et al. (2009) found that conscious efforts to contract the abdominal muscles during squats caused increased muscle activity.

An ACE Fitness study measured EMG activity of the abdominal musculature and found the exercises that activated the muscles most were (in order):

The lower back and abdominal muscles also work to rotate and side bend your spine, and since life activities occur in many directions it is important to work your muscles in many directions.

They also show a significant boost in muscle activity in the rectus abdominals.

These activities can include simple acts like sneezing, laughing or standing up — any activity that puts pressure on the abdominal muscles.

Assessing different whole - body linkage exercises, McGill et al. (2014) muscle activity of the abdominals during the hanging leg raise (straight - leg and bent - leg variations), hand walk - out and body - saw in a suspension system.

During many traditional core exercises (like plank and push - up variations, leg raises, and abdominal roll - outs), erector spinae muscle activity is low.

Only the external oblique in hip abduction plank displayed levels of muscle activity considered high, suggesting that suspension exercises may not be beneficial for training the abdominals.

Overall, training with moderate to high relative loads appears to produce moderate levels of muscle activity in the abdominals.

Exploring the effect of stability on muscle activity of the abdominals, Marshall et al. (2005) compared the push up exercise on a stable surface (floor) to the unstable swiss ball.

This section provides a summary of the electromyography (EMG) activity studies into the abdominal muscles.

Surface stability in the deadlift does not affect muscle activity of the abdominals.

Assessing the effect of stability during both compound and trunk flexion exercises, Mok et al. (2014) assessed the muscle activity of the abdominals in a number of suspension exercises including the hip abduction plank (feet in straps), press up, inverted row and hamstring curl (feet in straps).

Assessing the effect of surface stability, Bressel et al. (2009) explored muscle activity of the abdominals during the barbell back squat in stable (on the floor) and unstable (on a BOSU ball) conditions.

During deadlifts, rectus abdominis or external oblique muscle activity is moderate, indicating that it may be a useful exercise for the abdominals.

Assessing the effect of equipment, Escamilla et al. (2002) explored the muscle activity of the abdominals during conventional and sumo deadlifts with and without a weightlifting belt.

In contrast, using a weightlifting belt and using unstable surfaces have no effect on the muscle activity of the abdominals.

Similarly, Andersen et al. (2005) found that muscle activity of the deep abdominal stabilisers was similar in barbell back squats and smith machine squats with the same absolute.

Therefore, in practical terms both the squat and deadlift appear to produce similar muscle activity in the superficial and deep abdominals when performing the exercises with the same relative loads.

Assessing the effect of altering attentional focus, Karst et al. (2004) explored muscle activity of the abdominals when performing the curl up with and without internal cues to activate either the rectus abdominis or the external oblique.

Comparing between the phases of the deadlift, Escamilla et al. (2002) found that muscle activity of the abdominals was greater in the lifting phase compared to the lowering phase for the rectus abdominis (65 — 80 % of MVIC) and for the external oblique (66 — 75 % of MVIC), regardless of deadlift variation.

Assessing the effect of surface stability, Willardson et al. (2009) explored the muscle activity of the abdominals when performing the conventional deadlift with a stable base (at 50 % and 75 % of 1RM) and when standing on a BOSU ball (50 % of 1RM).

During isometric core exercise, rectus abdominis and external oblique muscle activity are higher when using posterior pelvic tilt than when using abdominal hollowing, and when using unstable surfaces than when using stable ones.

Exploring stability at the hand, Maeo et al. (2014) compared muscle activity of the abdominals when performing the push up with the hands on the ground or using suspension system handles.

Furthermore, rectus abdominis displayed the highest muscle activity of all the abdominal muscles but still only reached 45 % of MVIC, which may indicate that muscle activity is insufficient to provide a training effect during this exercise.

Assessing the effect of external resistance, Saeterbakken et al. (2014) explored muscle activity of the abdominals during the back squat with either a barbell or a combination of a barbell and elastic resistance (where elastic resistance comprised between 25 — 40 % total load, depending on the phase of the lift), using 6RM.

In contrast, Hamlyn et al. (2007) found no difference in the deep abdominal muscles (measured in the lower abdomen) muscle activity between the superman (prone trunk extension), back squat and deadlift, where the back squat and deadlift were performed with 80 % of 1RM.

Integrated and whole body linkage exercises require the abdominal muscles to display high levels of muscle activity to produce a stiffened and stabilised torso (McGill et al. 2014).

Nonetheless, it appears that isometric core exercises such as the plank, as well as dynamic abdominal exercises such as the straight - leg sit up, produce greater rectus abdominis muscle activity than many upper body and lower body compound exercises.

Comparing the squat and deadlift, Hamlyn et al. (2007) examined the external oblique muscle activity and the lower region of the deep abdominal (superior to inguinal ligament, medial to anterior superior iliac crest) muscle activity during the barbell back squat and conventional deadlift with 80 % of 1RM.

Norwood et al. (2007) explored the effect of increasing instability on abdominals by measuring muscle activity during the bench press performed on a (1) stable bench, (2) with the feet placed on a BOSU ball, (3) Swiss ball, or (4) Swiss ball with feet placed on a BOSU ball.

Posterior pelvic tilt produced higher rectus abdominis muscle activity than abdominal hollowing in all positions.

The rectus abdominis and external oblique display moderate levels of muscle activity during squat and deadlift variations, but there is no difference in muscle activity of the abdominals between the squat and deadlift.