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what you would see weight lifters wearing and performs intra abdominal
pressure and is therefore used in every moment within an exercise,
sporting activity and general lifestyle environment.
Seated contraction and static or prone hold are recommended to exercise
transverse abdominals. The erector spine is what is commonly referred
to as the lower back and performs back extension, lateral flexion and
rotation.
If an erector spine weakness is present there will be an increased risk of
lower back injury during lumbar spine or low back extension and
stabilization, subsequently exercises not recommended are straight leg
dead lifts, squat and dead lift.
Corrective exercises for erector spine weakness are back extension,
truck flexion and modified cable row, motionless arms, moving force
through back extension. When detailing your work outs equal time and
volume should be divided between lower back and abdomen exercises.
Inflexibility in the abductor group or groin specifically adductor
Magnus, gluteus maxims buttocks and iliopsoas or hip flexors can put
the lower back at risk of injury, therefore causing core weakness.
Corrective exercises for inflexibility in these areas are adductor groin
stretch, gluteus stretch, hip flexor stretch and quadriceps stretch.
The supplementary gluteus group muscles in gluteus medias and gluteus
minimums also play a role in core stability in that they steady the pelvis
so that it does not say when opposite side in not supported with leg. This
condition is known as trendelenburg gait as is often found in models
while on the catwalk.
An area often overlooked in relation to lower back soreness and injury
and therefore core stability weakness is inflexibility in the hamstring