The long lever plank variations resulted in higher rectus abdominis muscle activity compared to the standard plank variations, irrespective
of posterior pelvic tilt.
Not exact matches
If you're doing a lot
of deadlifts and your lower back is rounding, or if you're doing deep squats and you lose the arch and have that butt wink or
posterior pelvic tilt at the bottom and cause the lumbar spine to round.
If the range
of motion for the hips is approximately 90 degrees and in order to increase range
of motion then one has to create a
posterior pelvic tilt / lumbar flexion, then wouldn't going past 90 degrees contribute to lumbar flexion / butt wink?
The RKC plank — which requires a slight
posterior pelvic tilt (hips tucked toward your torso), forcing you to contract your glutes and engage more
of your ab muscles — is especially effective for training your midsection to work in overdrive.
Similar to lordosis due to the exaggerated extension
of the lower back, but the difference in a swayback is the lower back is flattened and there is a
posterior pelvic tilt.
Individuals tend to display a certain degree
of pelvic tilt when at rest, although it is possible to perform both anterior and
posterior pelvic tilt as joint actions.
There was a trend towards greater external oblique muscle activity in the long lever plank with
posterior pelvic tilt compared to the long lever plank without
posterior pelvic tilt (148 vs. 111 %
of MVC).
There was a trend towards higher rectus abdominis muscle activity in the long lever plank with
posterior pelvic tilt compared to the long lever plank without
posterior pelvic tilt (109 % vs. 90 %
of MVIC).
Comparing isolation exercises, Schoenfeld et al. (2014) assessed variations
of the plank exercise including the traditional plank, long lever plank (greater flexion
of the shoulder), traditional plank with
posterior pelvic tilt, and long lever plank with
posterior pelvic tilt.
In this apparatus, gluteus maximus EMG amplitude was significantly higher in
posterior pelvic tilt compared anterior
pelvic tilt (41 %
of MVIC vs. 18 %
of MVC).
It contributes to a huge range
of different joint movements, including hip extension, hip abduction, hip external rotation, trunk extension, and
posterior pelvic tilt.