During the squat, training with higher loads and faster speeds appear to
increase erector spinae muscle activity, while internal cues, unstable surfaces, using both barbells and elastic resistance, altering footwear, and using a weightlifting belt do not affect erector spinae muscle activity.
Both very stable and very instable conditions
increase erector spinae muscle activity.
Heavier loads, faster bar speeds, and greater depth (with the same relative load), all lead to
increased erector spinae muscle activity during back squats.
Assessing the effect of bar velocity, Manabe et al. (2007) found that performing the back squat with quicker speeds with the same relative load
increased erector spinae muscle activity when compared to slower speeds.
Not exact matches
At the end of the research, it was found out that there was
increased muscle activation in the thoracic
erector spinae.
Studies have shown that using a weight belt either has little effect at all on the
erector spinae muscles (lower back
muscles) or an
increase of their engagement by up to 25 %.
They noted that
erector spinae muscle activity at the time of lift off was 62 % and that
erector spinae muscle activity
increased from lift - off to knee passage, where it was 84 %.
Therefore, it appears that the lower
erector spinae muscle activity is relatively high regardless of load, while thoracic
erector spinae muscle activity displays a larger
increase between loads < 60 % and loads of > 80 % of 1RM.
Lumbar
erector spinae muscle activity appeared to
increase with
increasing load, between 50 — 60 % of 1RM.
In contrast, in the descending phase, both upper and lower
erector spinae muscle activity grew higher as the knee angle
increased from the top portion of the lift (0 — 30 degrees knee flexion) to the bottom portion (61 — 90 degrees knee flexion).