rectus abdominis (aka the six-pack), internal and external obliques and scapular (shoulder) muscles. Common Mistakes: Arching your back, sagging your hips, hyperextending your hips (lifting them ...

Rectus abdominis. This pair of muscles lies in ... These bumps give the "six-pack" appearance. External oblique. Also known as the obliquus externus abdominis, this muscle arises from the lower ...

During an oblique crunch, you’ll work your internal and external obliques and your rectus abdominis covering your stomach.

There are the six-pack muscles (the rectus abdominis) trained with spinal ... Each consists of the external oblique, which is the closest to the surface and the largest abdominal muscle, and ...

rectus abdominis, external obliques and internal obliques. Yet despite the popularity of various 10-minute plank challenges, planking is actually one of the most dreaded core exercises ...

Our core is key for everyday movement, but when most of us train it we tend to just do exercises that isolate our ‘superficial’ ab muscles, like the rectus abdominis and external obliques.

rectus abdominis, and external and internal oblique muscles. While all four definitely deserve an invite to the core-work party, the bottom part of the rectus abdominis (that you would engage with ...

Your abs are made up of four parts: the rectus abdominis, external obliques, internal obliques and transversus abdominis. Often, when people speak about toning up this area, they are referring to ...

Rotational exercises specifically target the oblique muscles—both internal and external—that run along ... the twisting motion engages both the rectus abdominis and the obliques simultaneously.