Sentences with phrase «rectus abdominus»

Crunches don't work as many muscle groups as planks but they hit the external rectus abdominus muscles and the external obliques hard, the ones that give your abs definition when they're developed.

The problem with crunches, apart from big questions about their role in vertebral degeneration, is that they focus almost exclusively on rectus abdominus (the exterior abdominal muscle).

The following ab routine is designed to target each critical area of the abs: upper and lower rectus abdominus, inner and outer obliques and transversus abdominis.

Recently she undertook Hypopressive / Low Pressure Fitness Level 1 certification for pelvic floor and diastasis rectus abdominus rehabilitation.

The abdominal region, or rectus abdominus extends the whole way from the «upper ab» region to the «lower ab» region.

With the help of them, you can strengthen all your core muscles, i.e., your oblique, and lower / upper rectus abdominus.

Diastasis recti is caused by a relative weakness of the fascia between the two rectus abdominus muscles.

It is not the news video, but it contains all the best exercises to train your upper and lower rectus abdominus, obliques.

This technique, developed in Europe, has shown success in helping to rehabilitate diastasis rectus abdominus and pelvic floor dysfunction.

Training the rectus abdominus only is like having a blind belief that the world is flat or that there is only one dimension.

The plank is one of the best exercise for core conditioning — it engages all major core muscle groups, including the transverse abdominus, rectus abdominus, external obliques and glutes.

If you ask a not - so - smart trainer how to develop your core muscles, chances are, he / she will give you a bunch of exercises that target your rectus abdominus, located on the front of your abdomen.

It's about having an engaged core where the abdominal muscles (intercostals, obliques, serratus, and rectus abdominus), lower back, and hip flexors work together to improve posture, range of motion, and structural alignment, while simultaneously firing up the third chakra (manipura).

Your rectus abdominus, transverse abdominus and obliques do comprise your midsection, but those aren't the only muscles involved.

That ACE study we've mentioned also investigated the effects of front forearm planks and side planks in terms of muscle activation of the rectus abdominus and the external obliques.

Since the traditional crunch involves a forward and back motion, it's great for working the rectus abdominus — the front sheath of your abs that constitutes what's known as a «six - pack».

I still see people at the gym doing crunches and sit - ups, pulling on their heads, jacking up their necks and uselessly working the most superficial layer of abdominal muscle we have (rectus abdominus).

«By adding an unstable surface, a BOSU ball increases activation of the rectus abdominus and facilitates extra activity per exercise than a stable surface would,» says Meaghan.

Contrary to common belief, the core is not a single muscle or organ, but comprises pelvic floor muscles, external obliques, internal obliques, rectus abdominus, multifidus, erector spinae and transverse abdominus (TVA).

Sounds like the plank is the winner, her research showed that forearm planks active twice the average muscle activity in the rectus abdominus, and external oblique's than a traditional crunch.

And the world famous Ab Rocker was 26 % less, effective for the obliques and 79 % worse for your rectus abdominus.

His research charted the top 13 abdominal exercises by activation of the rectus abdominus and obliques.

This exercise is great for targeting the rectus abdominus, those front - and - center muscles of the abdominal region.

This myth is telling you not to do the old - fashioned «sit - ups» that mostly engage your rectus abdominus (the superficial «six - pack» abs at the front).

The Worst Ab Exercises... I still see people at the gym doing crunches and sit - ups, pulling on their heads, jacking up their necks and uselessly working the most superficial layer of abdominal muscle we have (rectus abdominus).

Doing too many exercises that target the rectus abdominus, or the muscles that run down the center of our stomach (like crunches) combined with the habitual pattern of sitting at a desk all day or driving sets us up for badly imbalanced and dysfunctional cores that can't protect us.

Windshield wipers are designed to activate your core stabilizing muscles, specifically the rectus abdominus and obliques, and help develop lower abdominal and gluteal strength.

If you ever hear people talking about training the upper or lower abs, both refer to the rectus abdominus.

Your rectus abdominus is also an important stabilizer of your trunk — but it works together with the other layers of muscle, not alone.

The main muscles involved in moving the spine and neck are the rectus abdominus, internal and external obliques, quadratus lumborum, multifidus, sternocleidomastoid and errector spinae.

While it didn't score too highly on the rectus abdominus activation study the hover, or plank as it's more commonly known works the core, glutes, shoulders, arms, back, hamstrings and calves making it more of a total body exercise than pure abs.

This exercise strengthens the rectus abdominus (the long flat muscles along the front and sides of the abdomen).

Each exercise was monitored using electromyography equipment to test muscle activation not only in the rectus abdominus and obliques but also in the rectus femoris.

To help draw your abdominal muscles back together, you want to have a tight wrap around your midsection, starting the wrap around your hip bones and extending up to just under your ribs - this will help approximate the two sides of your rectus abdominus muscle as you work your strengthening.

«Any contraction utilizing the rectus abdominus (stomach), obliques and quadratus lumborum (side muscles) and back muscles will help tone and exercise the torso region.

Aside from the obvious (no lifting, no rectus abdominus work) what say you about activity in general and your DVD workout in particular during the 40 day postpartum period?

• Resist the urge to crunch your body forward since this will recruit your rectus abdominus (RA) and draw your ribs down, allowing no expansion of your chest and forcing the pressure downward.

These other abdominal muscles lie over the top of our TA and include our right and left internal obliques, our right and left external obliques, and our rectus abdominus.

A quick note: I have not listed any abdominal exercises lying on your back as my favorites for working transverses abdominus because it is hard to not let your rectus abdominus take over in a crunch position.

The 4 main muscles of the front of your stomach are the rectus abdominus, the internal obliques, the transverse abdominus and the external oblique muscle.

Within the first 10 - 15 minutes of each session a different topic of abdominal or pelvic floor anatomy will be presented along with common issues that occur with pregnancy and childbirth (e.g., diastasis rectus abdominus, pelvic organ prolapse, episiotomy / tearing, pelvic floor weakness, etc.).

Abdominal muscles: these include the rectus abdominus (6 - pack), internal obliques, external obliques, and the transverse abdominus (the deepest muscle that wraps around your organs / spine like a girdle, creates waist definition).

There is the rectus abdominus, which are our 6 - pack...

Once you get a flat stomach, you can always enhance the ripple effect by improving definition of the rectus abdominus; but should you go out of order, your body will reduce the speed of your results.

Unfortunately, the function of the rectus abdominus (the six - pack area of the abs) is spinal flexion (curling the spine forward) not hip flexion (bending at the waist like this machine forces you to do).

To hit the obliques along with the rectus abdominus, use a single handle instead of a regular bar.

Your «six pack muscle» (rectus abdominus) is an after - effect of training the rest of your core.

The specific muscle being targeted is the rectus abdominus.

So now comes the question... why would your «six pack» abs (the rectus abdominus) be the muscle to work if you want a tighter waist and flat stomach?

Transversus abdominis - The deepest of all the abdominal muscles lying under the oblique abdominals and rectus abdominus (the 6 - pack muscle!).