Axochord (deep pink) and
attached oblique muscles (light pink).
Not exact matches
Pallof Press Targets:
Obliques, transversus abdominis (rotational
muscles)
Attach a D - handle to a cable cross machine and adjust the pulley to chest height (a resistance band around a pole works, too).
When you train your internal and external
obliques, you provide greater stability to these
muscles, but they also have a connective web of tissue that
attaches them to your lower spine, called your Thoracolumbar Fascia.
Obviously, the other
muscles here are your abdominals, your rectus abdominis and your
obliques, and sometimes you'll have trigger points or sore spots on the side here, right where they start to
attach on the top of your ilium.
Konrad et al. (2001) compared a number of gymnastic exercises and found that the horizontal straight leg anchored side bend displayed the highest external
oblique muscle activity, followed by the reverse curl up Escamilla et al. (2006) compared the power wheel roll out (power wheel in hands), jack knife and knee - tuck (power wheel
attached to feet), the ab sling bent - leg hanging leg raise, the flat and decline reverse curl up, the anchored bent leg sit up, and bent leg curl up.
Assessing the effect of external load, Vinstrup et al. (2015) measured
muscle activity of the rectus abdominis and external
oblique during a seated machine torso twist and a standing torso twist with an elastic band held out in front of the body and
attached at 3 or 9 o'clock to the subject.