That means that not only are the abdominal muscles and
oblique muscles part of the core, but also the spinal erectors, rhomboids, trapezius, and gluteals.
Not exact matches
They're a thick connective tissue which goes through the external
oblique ab
muscles and the groin and into the front
part of the iliac spine.
Instead, she suggests doing functional exercises that use the
muscles in your core — abdominals, back, pelvic,
obliques — as well as other body
parts.
Though the abdominal
muscles and
oblique muscles are
part of the core, the spinal erectors, rhomdodis, trapexius, and gluteal connect to the axial spine make up a
part of your core as well.
Classified as
part of the anterolateral abdominal wall, it is sandwiched between two similarly flat
muscles: It lies deep to the external
oblique and superficial to the transversus abdominis.
External
oblique muscle activity is therefore similarly active across the whole of the lifting phase and highest in the middle
part of the lowering phase.
The lowest portion of the vastus medialis, closest to the inside of the patella, is thought to contain fibers that run in a more
oblique direction than other
parts of the
muscle.
The other
part of the abs in the abdomen is the
obliques which are the
muscles that extend along the side of the abdomen.
To totally trim your waist, you need to target both the deepest front layer of
muscle (the
part that acts like a girdle to hold your tummy in) and the side
muscles (called
obliques).