The squat and
deadlift exercise produce superior erector spinae muscle activity compared to unloaded core exercises such as the front and side plank, superman and quadruped arm - and - leg lift regardless of the stability requirement.
Not exact matches
In general, it seems that compound
exercises that involve carrying an external load with a flexed trunk (as in
deadlift or bent - over row), shoulder adduction or shoulder extension (as in horizontal rows, pull - ups and lat pull - downs) all
produce very high trapezius muscle activity.
The Suitcase - Style One Arm
Deadlift is one of the most powerful, results -
producing exercises you will NEVER see anybody in the gym do until you actually do it yourself!
The basic
exercises like squat, bench press and
deadlift always
produce the best results.
Therefore, it appears that the standing barbell overhead press
produces higher levels of rectus abdominis muscle activity than the squat or
deadlift exercises.
The
deadlift produced the greatest erector spinae muscle activity compared to all other
exercises.
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.
In this model,
exercises like squats, lunges, and
deadlifts are claimed to be the only ones that can
produce improvements in sprinting, jumping, or agility tests.
So
exercises that involve less knee extension (hip thrusts,
deadlifts, pull throughs and back extensions) will tend to
produce much greater hip muscle activation than those that involve more knee extension (squats, lunges, and leg presses), although there are other factors involved of course!
Another common assumption is that strength training with heavy loads
produces greater gains in maximum strength during multi-joint, dynamic
exercises (like
deadlifts, bench presses, and squats) because of larger increases in coordination.