All of your core muscles are used during the Reverse crunch exercise including: rectus abdominus, transverse abdominals,
lower back extensors, and even a slight use of the obliques abdominals groups.
All of your core muscles are used during the Captain's Chair Leg Raises exercise including: rectus abdominus, transverse abdominals,
lower back extensors, and even a little bit of the obliques abdominals groups.
Reyna and colleagues (1995) and Ciriello and Snook (1995) both showed that belts provided no reduction in fatigue or loading of
the lower back extensors with belt use.
This movement will actually strengthen your whole posterior chain by making the gluteus muscles, hamstrings and adductor magnus work together synergistically to extend the hips, while
the lower back extensors take the role of stabilisers.
The differences in the two rehab regimens would be the emphasis on pelvic floor isolation exercises in a pelvic floor rehab program and the emphasis on isolating
our low back extensors in a low back rehab program.
There have been several studies that look at the intra-abdominal pressure that belts provide and the results on
lower back extensor activity.
Not exact matches
The dorsal raise uses the
lower back (erector spinae) and works the
extensor muscles on either side of the spine.
Twisting
Low Lunge Benefits: Creates space in thoracic spine; stretches
back extensors, ilia - psoas, thighs Starting on hands and knees, step one foot between hands.
However, to train the
low back and hip
extensors, the straight bar deadlift seems superior.