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Targeted
Exercises
Upper
Abdominals -
Lower Abdominals - Obliques
ABDOMINALS
(Rectus Abdominus, Tranversus Abdominis) - The abdominals are made
up of two different muscles. The rectus abdominis, known as a "six
pack", which is a long muscle starting at your pubis that inserts
into the cartilage of the fifth, sixth and seventh rib and extending
along the front of you up to your sternum. The
Transversus Abdominis, better known as the body's "internal weight
belt", is the deepest muscle of the abdominal wall with the muscle
fibers running horizontal across the abdomen.
Basic function: To flex the spinal column and draw the sternum
toward the pelvis.
OBLIQUES
(External, Internal) - The
external obliques, are the muscles at each side of your body and are
attached to the lower eight ribs and insert into the side of the pelvis.
The internal obliques lie under the external obliques and form an inverted
V along the abdominal wall.
Basic function: To flex and rotate the spinal column.
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