Similarly, Hamlyn et al. (2007) found that the back squat and deadlift performed with 80 % of 1RM produced
superior erector spinae muscle activity compared to the side plank.
The squat and deadlift exercise produce
superior erector spinae muscle activity compared to unloaded core exercises such as the front and side plank, superman and quadruped arm - and - leg lift regardless of the stability requirement.
Therefore, even when using low loads, compound exercises display
superior erector spinae muscle activity compared to front and side plank exercises.
They reported that the upper and lower instability condition produced
superior erector spinae muscle activity compared to the upper body instability condition (23 ± 28 % vs. 7 ± 4 % MVIC).
They reported
superior erector spinae muscle activity in the front squat compared to the back squat, possibly because of the difference in relative load.
Not exact matches
Andersen et al. (2005) similarly found that lower
erector spinae muscle activity was similar in barbell back squats and smith machine squats with the same absolute load but they found
superior muscle activity in the upper
erector spinae in the barbell squat.
Additionally, they reported
superior lower
erector spinae muscle activity during the bent over row and inverted row compared to the standing cable row.
When performing the squat variations with 90 % of 3RM, muscle activity of the
erector spinae was
superior in the back squat during the ascending phase (94.7 ± 20.8 vs. 79.8 ± 22.5 % of MVC) while there was no difference during the descending phase (72.1 ± 22.2 vs. 69.7 ± 13.5), respectively.
Erector spinae muscle activity was
superior in the front squat and the superman exercises compared to the other exercises, and the back squat produced greater
erector spinae muscle activity compared to the standing barbell press.
Additionally, isolation exercises such as the glute - ham raise and prone leg curl appear to be effective (and in some cases)
superior exercises for producing high levels of
erector spinae muscle activity compared with some other isolation and compound exercises.
It appears that neither the back squat nor the deadlift produce
superior muscle activity in both regions of the
erector spinae.
They reported
superior upper (at T9)
erector spinae muscle activity when performing the bench press compared with the standing cable press.
In contrast, upper
erector spinae (L1 and L2) displayed
superior muscle activity in the conventional deadlift when compared to the back squat.
They reported that
erector spinae muscle activity was
superior in the elastic resistance condition compared with to the machine condition.
Despite greater 10RM loads in the partial squat (78.4 ± 4.6 kg) compared to the parallel squat (51.2 ± 3.1 kg),
erector spinae muscle activity was
superior when performing the parallel squat condition.
In practical terms, the deadlift appears to be a
superior exercise for training both the upper and lower
erector spinae.
Therefore, the data appears to indicate that the
erector spinae displays
superior muscle activity during the second half of the conventional deadlift and not necessarily at the same point as the region in which maximum force is exerted.
When comparing the bent over row to the inverted row they reported
superior muscle activity in the lower
erector spinae in the bent over row but no differences between exercises in the upper
erector spinae.
During the 1 handed swing, the opposite side (from the kettlebell hand) upper
erector spinae displayed
superior muscle activity compared to the kettlebell side (35 ± 15 vs. 42 ± 13 %), while there was no difference in lower
erector spinae muscle activity between sides.